consort
noun
a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch.
had consorted
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past perfectof consort.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Guild members, said Helfand, had consorted with "the sinister and shadowy figure of the notorious Frankie Carbo,"and, what was worse, had displayed"an incredible and amazing ignorance" of their own organization.
From Time Magazine Archive
Police tracked down the thief, discovered him to be a prominent young Argentine, who had consorted with the Princes a great deal during their visit.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had really a boy's heart, and he had consorted with them because he felt himself nearer their age than his own.
From A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories by William Dean Howells
He had consorted with thieves, prostitutes, with all low human types; and for their failures and their weaknesses, their ideas and their instincts, he felt deep sympathy and even an æsthetic appreciation.
From An Anarchist Woman by Hutchins Hapgood
He seemed a more modest man than one would imagine by the relation of the crew he had consorted with.
From The Naval Pioneers of Australia by Louis Becke
