desert
noun
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all.
had deserted
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past perfectof desert.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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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
The government has also paused engagement, with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt saying there was "no point" working with the CBI when its own members had deserted it.
From BBC ● May 31, 2023
He had deserted from the army during Saddam's war with Iran in the 1980s.
From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2023
We pulled—me just pretending because every shred of strength had deserted me—and the boys in the water pushed from below until the net tipped into the boat, full of wriggling fish.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
