impart
verb (used with object)
had imparted
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past perfectof impart.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Nichols, Ivory says, tried to employ the same techniques he had imparted to his now-29-year-old son over the years.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2023
With his father’s arms still around him, he heard the words he had imparted to Lear’s job-losing workers: If you don’t change with the times, you’ll be left behind.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2017
As Mr. Reid’s body lay in an open coffin, a newsboy cap on as always, fellow bouncers talked about their brotherhood and the lessons Mr. Reid had imparted.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2016
Released in Dublin on Tuesday, the tribunal's conclusions found that Lowry had "imparted substantive information" to telecoms tycoon Denis O'Brien which was "of significant value and assistance to him in securing the licence".
From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2011
Now the others began to act out, and the sense of justice and desire for equal rights that Mommy and my father had imparted to us began to backfire.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
