kiss
verb (used with object)
to touch or press with the lips slightly pursed, and then often to part them and to emit a smacking sound, in an expression of affection, love, greeting, reverence, etc..
had kissed
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past perfectof kiss.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A local parent in support of the resolution was Rosa Otero, who became outraged, she said, when her daughter’s kindergarten teacher did not alert her that another girl in the class had kissed her daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
When she came home to Bridgend he became "cold", believing she had kissed Logan's father Ben Mwangi while in London.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2022
In a statement, attorneys for Comaroff said that claims that he had kissed or touched one of his students were untrue, and that Harvard’s own investigation did not find any evidence that he had.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022
In her 2016 statement, she said that he had kissed her during their first meeting at Trump Tower, and that it had upset her.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2019
There was a lipstick stain where Aunt Eva had kissed her on the forehead.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
