freshen
verb (used with object)
to make fresh; refresh, revive, or renew.
had freshened
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past perfectof freshen.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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To show off these prizes to better advantage, the Atlantic had freshened up its format, run its first four-color cover and had its type face lifted by topnotch Typographer W. A. Dwiggins.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, by the time Joseph's balloon had cleared Knocke beach, the wind had freshened.
From Time Magazine Archive
The laggard wind had freshened to 9 m.p.h. and Phil Scott had radioed he would come in on the northwest runway.
From Time Magazine Archive
When we had cleared Alexandria Harbor, the wind had freshened considerably.
From Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition by John Gallishaw
The breeze had freshened, and wrapped in a light cloak she was sitting on her chair in a sheltered corner, when a sudden gust lifted her scarf and magazine, and blew them along the deck.
From An Unknown Lover by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
