come
verb (used without object)
to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Don't come any closer!
had come
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past perfectof come.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The three-story, 163,000-square-foot football-only facility opened Wednesday night, with Riley reflecting back on that napkin and marveling at how far the program had come since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Migrants in Ceuta told AFP they had come to escape poverty.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The only dinner in that day’s haul had come from the freezer aisle.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
“If we had come two hours later, he would have already been taken away,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Duane had come from somewhere else, and now he was here.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
