crane
noun
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
had craned
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past perfectof crane.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Its dish-shaped high-gain antenna had craned its neck and pointed toward the earth; a stream of coded information was throbbing along its narrow radio beam.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bat had craned his neck, looking out each window carefully.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
This had excited her so much that at risk of toppling into the street, she had craned her neck from her window, and observed a similar illumination in the house of Major Flint.
From Miss Mapp by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
Immediately a gasp, then a snicker had run through the roomful; then necks had craned and heads turned to catch looks at Frank and the other freshman who stood, flushed and humiliated, in their midst.
From The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew by Gilbert W.
This misunderstanding, it seemed, was then cleared up by the Methodist after he had craned his neck and called his powers of recognition into play.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
