dial
noun
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
had dialed
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past perfectof dial.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It had been an hour since Sanchez and a Venice Family Clinic worker had dialed up a Los Angeles County agency for help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
After EMTs arrived, Thompson told them they must have the wrong address; no one in the apartment, he said, had dialed 911.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2022
The police got a call a couple hours later from someone with a similar voice who said he had dialed accidentally and apologized.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2020
I had dialed a Chilean restaurant from 1994, and had reached an employee of “Live with Kelly and Ryan” at her desk.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2019
Reggie’s mother, moments after she’d arrived at the scene, had dialed her oldest son, Phill.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
