had dismembered
- past perfect of dismember.
Example Sentences
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The authors were surprised by how precisely the whales had dismembered a kill they retrieved.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 4, 2011
The remains of the soldiers of Kosciusko sought a refuge in republican France, and served with distinction, in the armies of Napoleon, against the powers that had dismembered their country.
From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John
Our saint was born in 468, about thirty years after the Barbarians had dismembered Africa from the Roman empire.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
Behind them, meantime, Jeanne lay at rest in innocent sleep, and Monsieur Rambaud, his whole attention engrossed, bent his grizzled head over the doll which he had dismembered.
From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile
And before either of the men could interfere Queex had dismembered the prey with dispatch.
From Plague Ship by Norton, Andre
