float
verb (used without object)
to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant.
had floated
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past perfectof float.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had floated the name change in September before the UN General Assembly, saying it sounded much better.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Around the start of the summer, SpaceX invested about $2 billion into xAI, and Musk revisited an idea he had floated before: Should Tesla also pitch in?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
A scan revealed a bone chip that had floated down to the Achilles tendon as well as several bone spurs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025
District collector DR Meghasree told reporters that apart from 36 deaths confirmed in Wayanad, nine bodies had floated in the Chaliyar river into neighbouring Malappuram district.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2024
He had floated in the ocean with whales.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
