follow
verb (used with object)
to come after in sequence, order of time, etc..
had followed
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past perfectof follow.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In pushing the Hurricane, Stellantis had followed a decadeslong trend in the industry, where engineers have found ways to shrink engines while squeezing more performance out of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Oddie later discovered that her depression had followed the premature deaths of his two older siblings.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
A company could load a plan with a high-fee private equity fund and be protected from suit as long as it showed it had followed the rule and considered the fees.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
The 25-year-old had lived in South Africa for three years, she told AFP, adding that threats to leave had followed her even at the camp, one of the largest to emerge since the unrest began.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
“I need a place for my family,” he told Graham Salter, the man whose good luck Henry had followed through the oil fields since he was sixteen.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
