contest
noun
a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
had contested
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past perfectof contest.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He said Garner had contested the "uncontestable" and told him: "I cannot accept that you have shown any true remorse."
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Last week, Sodjinou had contested the Democrats' choice of Agbodjo as its candidate and challenged it in court.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
Since 2013, he had contested 44 tickets by saying his girlfriend had stolen his car.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2023
Al-Zarooni had contested the extradition, arguing the Nordic country had “breached” the rules of international extradition treaties in unspecified ways.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
Here Lincoln and Douglas, antagonist and protagonist of slavery argument, had contested; here had arisen "Joe" Smith, propagator of that strange American dogma of the Latter-Day Saints.
From The Titan by Theodore Dreiser
