fast
adjective
had fasted
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past perfectof fast.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a 31-year-old-woman on a low dose of Ozempic had fasted for 10 hours before a routine endoscopy prior to bariatric surgery last fall.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
His brother Marques Manuel Barajah said the pastor had fasted, but he challenged the medical diagnosis about his death.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2023
I had fasted all day and was tired and depressed.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2018
These genes were much more active when the men had fasted before exercise than when they had breakfasted.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2017
In the year 1910 I published in the United States and England a magazine article telling how on several occasions I had fasted ten or twelve days, and what I had accomplished by it.
From The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair
