had extricated
- past perfect of extricate.
Example Sentences
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The 41-year-old man had extricated himself from the water, but was found behind a metal grate covering a culvert.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
On the previous Tuesday, Naude and his team had extricated the hapless animal from a white packaging strip commonly used in bait boxes.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2022
She said one of them, an 18-year-old, had extricated the body of the 14-year-old concertgoer who died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2021
Half of them had extricated themselves from their communities and were navigating new, secular lives.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2017
He had been tricked by it himself, but he had extricated himself without asking or receiving help from any man; let anyone else who might be so imposed upon do the same.—
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
