depart
verb (used without object)
to go away; leave.
had departed
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past perfectof depart.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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As Monday night went on, most of the Rays’ supporters had departed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
A spokesperson for the local organising committee said the Pakistan and South Korea teams had departed from the same accommodation and there was "an error in matching teams to vehicles".
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
The trio had departed from St Lawrence Island on Friday 4 September and were due back the following Sunday afternoon, the US Coast Guard said.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The best things had departed in the totes of people who knew what they were doing.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Almost as soon as the “Soviet Ark” had departed, the US State Department released its official explanation of why these 249 people had been deported.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
