had craned
- past perfect of crane.
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 Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)
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 Porterfield, Allen Wilson
Harry had craned his head in instant attention.
From Kennedy Square by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
