had designed
- past perfect of design.
Example Sentences
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"We had Germans up on Sunday evening watching the Masters and they had designed their trip around being at Holywood for the Masters."
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
Gary tracked down much of the original furniture that British-born furniture designer T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings had designed for the house and bought back about a dozen pieces at great expense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
She showed AFP a virtual production assistant she had designed using tech giant Alibaba's Qwen software.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
After it was all over, everyone tried to forget World War I. No one wanted to remember that the greatest minds of their generation had designed a war that ultimately slaughtered over 16 million people.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2024
Stanton’s cousin, Elizabeth Smith Miller, had designed the outfit in 1851, but after Amelia Bloomer published an article about “Turkish trousers” in the Lily, the “costume” was popularly referred to as “bloomers.”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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