honk
noun
the cry of a goose.
had honked
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past perfectof honk.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The motorist, who had honked his horn at Baer, charged that Baer had shown his annoyance by poking him in the face.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had honked loudly, at sight of her.
From Further Adventures of Lad by Albert Payson Terhune
Nevertheless she stood there, controlling herself, until the motor horn had honked its farewell to a chorus of children's laughter.
From Up the Hill and Over by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
It's maddening," she said to Bert, later, when the intruders had honked away into the late summer afternoon, "But what can we do?
From Undertow by Kathleen Thompson Norris
