elope
had eloped
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past perfectof elope.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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William eventually left Suffolk and wrote to the Marten family to say he had eloped with Maria to the Isle of Wight.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
And “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” actor Elizabeth Olsen and musician Robbie Arnett revealed just last month that after getting engaged in 2019, they had eloped before the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2022
It found that the single largest category of cases involved consenting adults who had eloped.
From Fox News ● Jan. 11, 2019
He and his fiancée, Lois Faye Weitz, had eloped and remained married for 47 years, until her death in 2002.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2015
This happened to my first marriage, to Marvin Chen, with whom I had eloped when I was eighteen and he was nineteen.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
