had contrasted
- past perfect of contrast.
Example Sentences
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The statement quoted a Russian poet, Dmitry Prigov, who had contrasted the "heavenly policeman who speaks to God on his walkie-talkie" with "the earthly one who fabricates criminal cases".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2018
In 1831, French writer Alexis de Tocqueville had contrasted the brutal conditions in American prisons to the “extended liberty” of American society.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Fortnight ago OFF Chief MacLeish had talked of "the strategy of terror" of the Axis Governments, had contrasted it with his own belief in a "strategy of truth."
From Time Magazine Archive
At the funeral Ray had contrasted her own life with that of Herbert and Bob.
From The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street by Munsey, Frank Andrew
Boileau's Discourse is a particularly apposite reply to the latter, which had contrasted Pope's satiric practice with that of Horace, Juvenal, and Boileau.
From An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad by Harte, Walter
