had deserted
- past perfect of desert.
Example Sentences
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Those moments that had defined him had deserted him.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
The confidence and swagger that had so recently defined Team USA had deserted them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
In December 2022, Kazakhstan deported a Russian intelligence officer, Mikhail Zhilin, who had deserted.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
He had deserted from the army during Saddam's war with Iran in the 1980s.
From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2023
False friends, treacherous servants, men who had professed undying love, even her own blood ... all of them had deserted her in her hour of need.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
