had illumined
- past perfect of illumine.
Example Sentences
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Only a borrowed radiance attached itself now to the persons and objects that had illumined the world for her yesterday.
From Virginia by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
The radiant expression which had illumined his face was gone now.
From No Surrender by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
Ethopus suddenly sprang up smiling, as if some great idea had illumined his mind.
From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry
The king’s physiognomy also underwent a change but the transformation was not so pleasing as that which had illumined the countenance of the girl.
From A Prince of Good Fellows by Barr, Robert
All night the full moon had illumined a sleepy world.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart