ford
noun
a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
had forded
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past perfectof ford.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Like he had forded a raging river and come to the other side.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
"No," said Harry, "but we intend to make the wagon a part of the raft," and he hurriedly told them how they had forded the stream before.
From The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen by Roger Thompson Finlay
We had forded West River, crept over the mountain's shoulder, recrossed the river roaring between its rounded and giant bowlders, and now were creeping southward toward the Big Eddy.
From The Little Red Foot by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Others, such as the one where they'd eaten their first buffalo and the camp where they had forded the creek after he replaced the broken wagon wheel, he remembered clearly.
From The Lost Wagon by James Arthur Kjelgaard
After eight hours of travelling, in the course of which we had forded several rivers, and encountered the worst roads I ever remember to have traversed, we arrived at Marysville.
From A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas by Fanny Loviot
