impede
verb (used with object)
had impeded
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past perfectof impede.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The New York Times reported that critical positions of the NWS were vacant on Friday morning, with some experts questioning whether staffing shortages had impeded the agency's efforts to coordinate with local emergency managers.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025
More than that, the commission confirmed the NSA’s claim that Section 702 intercepts had impeded or blocked 54 terrorist operations, or 53 of them anyway.
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2023
But that proved to be too late, according to the PRAC, which acknowledged how government bureaucracy had impeded aggressive oversight — and called on officials to address the problem in the future.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2023
Federal Road Safety official Koton Karfe said the floods had impeded traffic for at least two weeks.
From Reuters ● Oct. 14, 2022
Adverse winds had impeded his progress through the Straits so long that he did not reach Carthagena till the middle of July.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
