had interspersed
- past perfect of intersperse.
Example Sentences
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He was tempted to go away and leave the gentle lady in peace, with her basket of roots, and the fragrant flowers with which she had interspersed them.
From Silent Struggles by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
He had interspersed along his double line bands of cavalry, with artillery and platoons of musketeers, that he might be prepared from any point to make or repel assault.
From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
These fragments of poetical prose which Manisty had interspersed amid a serious political argument—were they really an adornment of the book, or a blur upon it?
From Eleanor by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
The Rev. John Cotton had indulged in flowing versification, and even Governor Bradford had interspersed his severer cares with visions of softer strains.
From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
He had interspersed encomiums upon his own sovereign, the 'temperate, revengeless, liberal, wise, and just,' though 'he may err.'
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)
