den
noun
the lair or shelter of a wild animal, especially a predatory mammal.
had denned
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past perfectof den.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He concluded by assuring the Ambassador that he would have the coöperation of himself and the Govern-ment in the work which he had denned.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though President Roosevelt himself had denned Admiral Leahy's role as mere "legman," the nation still speculated, with its fingers crossed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Coolidge, then a New York Life director, had denned the word too loosely in a broadcast warning against "twisting."
From Time Magazine Archive
Now and then a rabbit, looking like an animated snowball in its white winter coat, drifted past the muskrat's hiding-place, but most of the wilderness folk had denned up, waiting for the storm to pass.
From Followers of the Trail by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
Night after night Breed heard the howls of the lone she-coyote that had denned in the windfall.
From The Yellow Horde by Charles Livingston Bull
