had combed
- past perfect of comb.
Example Sentences
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Deputies had combed the area all day after receiving a tip about a possible sighting.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
Navy and Canadian armed forces had combed more than 7,600 square miles of the North Atlantic, U.S.
From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2023
Toledo, a culinary historian, explained her work: She researches the disappearing recipes of Jalisco, her home state, and had combed through old documents to piece together this specific one.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023
For days, family members had combed evacuation shelters, praying for a sign that Melody Bledsoe and her granddaughter’s children had survived the Carr Fire.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2018
The other woman, who looked like a college student, wore an inside-out sweatshirt, and she had combed her blond hair into a taut ponytail.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
