exhibit
verb (used with object)
to offer or expose to view; present for inspection.
had exhibited
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past perfectof exhibit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A talented artist, the young Morris had spent his national service lecturing soldiers in fine arts and had exhibited surrealist paintings alongside Joan Miró.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Mr. Estrada added that no restaurant employees had exhibited norovirus symptoms and that extra health and sanitation precautions were being taken to prevent viral transmission.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
Mr. Houphouët-Boigny had exhibited his own authoritarian streak, but he was gregarious and widely admired, and he had been in power during an economic boom.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2023
They learned a similar situation had occurred in the Great Lakes in the 1960s, when lake trout had exhibited similar behaviors after gorging on alewives, another fish chock-full of thiaminase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
After I had exhibited my new weapon at school, a description of it spread among the boys.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
