divide
verb (used with object)
to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
had divided
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past perfectof divide.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In August 1967, my future wife and I found ourselves stumbling over rocks from the walls that weeks earlier had divided east and west Jerusalem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Supreme Court granted review to resolve two questions that had divided the lower courts.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2026
The rules had divided the world into tiers, with some countries enjoying broad access to its high-end chips, and others being denied them altogether.
From BBC ● May 20, 2025
The vote ended a decades-long dispute that had divided the club, generated multiple conflicting legal arguments and made life acutely awkward for some of its most prominent members.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2024
The day before, Shelly and I had divided the stash of food coloring: seventeen bottles for me, seventeen for her.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
