had cultivated
- past perfect of cultivate.
Example Sentences
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With the help of her two sons and two daughters, she had cultivated her fields of cassava, potatoes and beans.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
Where Uber was a brash rule breaker, Lyft had cultivated a reputation as the nice-guy ride-hail platform that cared about things like green transport and sustainability.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2023
Geneticists have worked for years to develop similar traits in the lab, but it was smallholder farmers who had cultivated and preserved that corn for centuries.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2023
Worst of all, Kornberg could no longer sell directly to the medical customers she had cultivated over the years, she said, and had to start going through — and paying — a distributor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
In the week since they last saw each other, he had cultivated a mustache.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
