had extracted
- past perfect of extract.
Example Sentences
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The same private contractors who had extracted her then were already staged on the island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
For decades, oil companies had extracted carbon dioxide from the Earth and pumped it back underground to force more oil out under pressure, a process called enhanced oil recovery.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
“He didn’t ask, didn’t demand, didn’t require,” Warsh, who served on the Board of Governors of the central bank from 2006 until 2011, said of whether Trump had extracted promises from him.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
“I had extracted from Marianne’s notebooks, from all these other projects she was working on, prestroke beautiful sentences, well-written Marianne sentences — I would stitch them together in a document.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
Bull asked his son what he had extracted from the morning exercises.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
