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 criminals beyond most poets.
From Old and New Masters by Robert Lynd
From the United States he had passed over to France, where he had consorted with some of the advanced thinkers of the capital.
From The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 by Archibald MacMechan
