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 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 F. P. Walter
It is no rare thing to meet in the middle of the ocean whales so sound asleep that they can be successfully attacked, and Ned Land had harpooned more than one during its sleep.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne
Where were the people who had harpooned it?
From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Mayne Reid
"You'd have done better if you had harpooned him," said Joe.
From Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne
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 H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
