detract
verb (used without object)
to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed byfrom ).
had detracted
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past perfectof detract.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Sony also maintained that budget cuts within CBS had detracted from the network’s efforts to support the two shows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
The outbreak of war had detracted little from its peace; but its dinners were—oh, so different!
From The Siege of Kimberley by T. Phelan
He had found that it had detracted from his importance and had lowered bids, if he allowed would be purchasers to converse with him concerning the articles to be sold.
From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Charles Felton Pidgin
Evidently matrimony had detracted nothing from her in his eyes.
From Why Joan? by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
In every quarter of their empire, victorious rebels had established themselves, and had detracted in an immeasurable degree from the effective strength of the Government.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger
