flee
verb (used without object)
to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
had fled
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past perfectof flee.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Rogoyska describes how the Lutetia became a haven for those who had fled the Nazis as well as those who were aligned with them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Paul Keenan, defending Sheikhi, said his client is a Syrian refugee who had fled the "terror of Isis" and that he maintains his innocence.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Nineteen thousand people had fled or been rescued, he said, while the death toll stood at around 2,000 at the time -- a tally that leaves 9,000 people unaccounted for.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
But they also give eerie glimpses of conference rooms and cubicles unchanged since IBM left a decade ago, as if employees had fled the daily grind one day and never returned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The city of Amman was flooded with refugees like us who had fled during the war and could not return to their homes.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
