interpose
verb (used with object)
to place between; cause to intervene.
had interposed
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past perfectof interpose.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"And if he had," interposed Miss Courtenay, "gentlemen are not accustomed to be rebuked by such as you!"
From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Charles James Lever
Then the hand that had interposed between them, uncompromising as a hot flat-iron, changed outline and pointed at a half faded rose pinned on her breast.
From Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell
President Wilson had interposed, urging that no action be taken on them.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
And what vengeful Angel had interposed to save her?
From Love of Brothers by Katharine Tynan
The old love of the former days, stirred up by his vivid dream, seemed to thrill once more through his whole being, sweeping away all the barriers that years and circumstances had interposed.
From Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time by Agnes Maule Machar
