further
adverb
at or to a greater distance; farther.
had furthered
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past perfectof further.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Before grad school, Nelson had furthered her education in other ways.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 18, 2016
Though Brown did not intend it, his raid had furthered the split between northern and southern Democrats.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Since May 19, 1924, he has been, upon his own statement, successively imprisoned and detained without trial upon the mere suspicion that he had furthered anti-Bolshevist plots in the Caucasus.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tragic story of Pierre and Julienne had furthered the merest chance acquaintance into what seemed the beginning, at least, of closest friendship.
From The White Desert by Anton Otto Fischer
She had furthered the two girls' play with him, and then had drawn him back to her again.
From Nobody's Child by Elizabeth Dejeans
