descry
verb (used with object)
had descried
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past perfectof descry.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Burke, hating wrong and injustice with a bitter hatred, had descried in the government of British India by the East India Company a disgrace to the English name.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
But somewhere there must be an open spot that his keen eyes had descried, and it was there that he intended to make a landing.
From The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret by Margaret Penrose
He fell silent, as though he had descried in the air the signs which he foretold.
From The Secret of Sarek by Maurice Leblanc
The mountain tramps had descried the three men standing at the side of the cañon, watching them as 240 they approached.
From A Waif of the Mountains by Edward Sylvester Ellis
The chief had descried them at the same moment, if not before they saw him.
From The Story of Red Feather A Tale of the American Frontier by Edward Sylvester Ellis
