judge
noun
a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
had judged
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past perfectof judge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The lawsuit said that while an initial government review had judged the manuscript to be free of classified information, other senior officials later determined that it still contained some.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
In 2016, he published a memoir "The Last Conversations", the first time a former pope had judged his own pontificate after it was over.
From Reuters ● Dec. 31, 2022
Meghan Markle had to admit it: She was nervous before interviewing Paris Hilton — because she had judged Hilton ahead of their chat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
One NHS worker said family members had judged it was "too risky" to celebrate Christmas with him, even though he has had three vaccine doses and wears protective equipment at work in intensive care.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2021
Perhaps I had judged the miller Oswald too harshly.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
