harness
noun
the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal.
had harnessed
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past perfectof harness.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Here was a beloved figure, apparently cured of a deadly disease by a medication that had harnessed Carter’s own immune system.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2023
With all of this evidence together, the authors concluded that these human cousins had harnessed fire for cooking more than three quarters of a million years ago.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
By Friday, the civil disobedience campaign had harnessed the energy of students and even a few soldiers.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2021
“I thought I had harnessed the power of my own strength and greed and love in a life that could contain it. But it has exploded.”
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2017
Since Sebond had harnessed faith and reason together, Montaigne’s critique set out to undermine faith by showing that all claims to knowledge are overstated.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
