commit
verb (used with object)
to do; perform; perpetrate.
had committed
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past perfectof commit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Milton declined to answer further questions, but in a July 2024 podcast, he insisted that he had committed no wrongdoing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
“If I was a pious person, I could have concluded that I had committed murder, and that all those souls will haunt me forever,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
For example, the Iowa project hasn’t actually been approved, and the Koreans were surprised to hear that they had committed $54 billion for a pipeline project in Alaska.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Believing Zou had committed further crimes, police appealed for more potential victim-survivors to come forward.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Adam thought sometimes that if he could only find out what sin it was she had committed, why, he would sin it too—and not be here.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
