knit
verb (used with object)
to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
had knit
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past perfectof knit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Ono spoke briefly, holding an unfinished white scarf that she had knit for Mr. Coleman.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2015
The shared experience had knit us together, in a way that film watchers, novel readers, and museumgoers can only envy.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2010
Boss Arcelio Iglesias, Cuba's No. 4 Communist, had knit 9.000 dock wallopers into a powerful Maritime Federation that usually got what it wanted.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the arrangement was beginning to unravel, and the man who had knit it together in the first place was being summoned to perform some quick-stitch diplomacy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Henny was dead, of course, but all of his life the mother had knit socks for him and she couldn’t let go of the habit.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
