harpoon
noun
a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
had harpooned
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past perfectof harpoon.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In the bow of one of the boats stood a stout young man who had harpooned the whale.
From A Treasury of Eskimo Tales by Carlson, George
In midocean it's not unusual to encounter whales so sound asleep they can successfully be attacked, and Ned Land had harpooned more than one in its slumber.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.
And with that, after a dream that she was whaling and had harpooned a particularly short-winded whale she fell very peacefully into oblivion.
From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The man had been in pursuit of a peixe-boi, which he had harpooned near the middle of the river, after attaching his weapon by its cord to the bow of his montaria.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
"You'd have done better if you had harpooned him," said Joe.
From Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules
