insert
verb (used with object)
to put or place in.
had inserted
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past perfectof insert.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A more careful writer might have wondered about the reliability of Spalding’s version and been open to the idea that he had inserted himself into the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Someone had inserted a defaced picture of Inspector General Max Huntsman onto a fake hair loss ad, along with a quote attributed to John Wayne: “A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2023
He added that government energy relief had inserted a “wedge between reality and the data.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
The provision, which the House had inserted into an annual military policy bill, is now headed to President Biden for his signature.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022
When I was six, my grandfather had inserted a medicine into my skin that protected me from snakebite and enabled me to control snakes.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
