denounce
verb (used with object)
to condemn or censure openly or publicly.
had denounced
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past perfectof denounce.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I thought about all those who had denounced the popes and the church they headed before him: the sans culottes, the guillotinists, the tricoteuses; all the rationalists, the Marxists, the humanists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
A union official, Basaran Aksu, was arrested just after he had denounced the Taksim lockdown.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Once he returned, he slowly but methodically reentered civic life, working with those council members who had denounced him and eventually regaining his committee assignments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
He had denounced the influence of gangs and promised to tackle them.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
At eleven he had denounced his uncle to the Thought Police after overhearing a conversation which appeared to him to have criminal tendencies.
From "1984" by George Orwell
