glean
verb (used with object)
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
had gleaned
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past perfectof glean.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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If Infantino had gleaned one thing, it was that he needed to keep Trump happy for the World Cup to stay on track.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Here's a sense of what we had gleaned is in it.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2023
Bryant began coaching her youth teams, installing the same fundamentals and triangle offense he had gleaned from his Lakers days playing for Jackson and the late Tex Winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2020
But somewhere, as he tracked Eckersley, Didier had gleaned the vital insight that foretold Gibson’s moment.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2017
Once Cora had gleaned what she could from the yellowed pamphlets, she started on the old almanacs, with their projections and ruminations about the tides and stars, and bits of obscure commentary.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
