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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And earlier on Sunday, Young had inserted himself into the mix to finish at 9-under.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Earlier, India had been sloppy in the field after they had inserted West Indies which had allowed their opponents to post a competitive total.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
McKenna told jurors to disregard the death certificate, which blamed the death on sepsis and peritonitis due to a colon perforated by a feeding tube, which his client had inserted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2022
And Williamson previously testified that she did not read his rewrite closely enough to notice the error he had inserted.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2022
To solve the problem of repulsion, Crick had inserted a positively charged magnesium ion at the center of the helix—like a last-minute dab of molecular glue to hold the structure together.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
