had commended
- past perfect of commend.
Example Sentences
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The Anti-Defamation League, which had commended Twitch for suspending Beyer, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Huang’s decision to accept the Beyer donation.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Local officials and civil rights advocates had commended Evers’s decision Monday — but with the caveat that the court could intervene.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2020
Fayette County School Board officials had commended Garner for the essay after the appearance.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2018
The difference, as documented by Spruill, was in its single-minded pursuit of those power brokers Dornan had commended to it.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2017
And then on that day when the cousin had commended the country wife and laughed at the city wife, that had passed which could not be forgiven.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
