depict
verb (used with object)
had depicted
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past perfectof depict.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It said the five ads it were banned had depicted women irresponsibly, and were likely to cause serious or widespread offence.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Years later, she expressed regret about the way she had depicted a Black character who lives at the boardinghouse with the protagonist.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
The original windows, complete with Confederate battle flags, had depicted Lee and Jackson as saintlike figures, with Lee bathed in rays of heavenly light and Jackson welcomed by trumpets into paradise after his death.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 23, 2023
In a statement issued after the Kvartal investigation, Hirori acknowledged that he had depicted Leila’s escape “using a rescue scene of another woman which I participated in.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
Early articles, which had depicted her as “well-dressed,” “striking,” the family “perfect,” had given way to snide and vaguely accusatory ones of the ilk of MOM SEZ: NOT MY KID.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
