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
Harry had craned his head in instant attention.
From Kennedy Square by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Kennedy had craned his neck out beyond the corner of the bath-houses and was looking at the Furious in the basin.
From The Social Gangster by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
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
