condense
verb (used with object)
to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
had condensed
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past perfectof condense.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had condensed his life to three full suitcases and his dachshund mix, Lorca.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
As a result, much of the debris striking the inner planets was ice-rich material that had condensed in the outer part of the solar nebula.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
The book’s truth is so pure and compressed, as though Coutts had condensed the coal of her experience into a diamond.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2016
In that lower bulb sat a thermometer, dipped in ether, a gas that had condensed in the bulb into a liquid.
From Time ● Aug. 4, 2015
Their eyes were dark purple, as if the clear blue water of their life source had condensed and thickened inside them.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
