derange
verb (used with object)
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
had deranged
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past perfectof derange.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Either Guitar’s disappointment with the gold that was not there was so deep it had deranged him, or his “work” had done it.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
“No. How very easily alarmed you are!” he answered, removing his cloak and hanging it up against the door, towards which he again coolly pushed the mat which his entrance had deranged.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
And, on finishing those words, the young man, perceiving that his enthusiasm had deranged one of his ruffles, set to work to put it to rights with the greatest care imaginable.
From The Vicomte De Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas père
His friends were alarmed at a hermit’s melancholy; some imagined that his affection for the king had deranged his intellect; others ascribed his seclusion to mere discontent with the times.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
Verily, the gods, wishing to destroy him, had deranged his mind.
From The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
