lean
verb (used without object)
to incline or bend from a vertical position.
had leant
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past perfectof lean.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Group member Shamira Scott agreed the group had leant on one another.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024
John Griffith-Jones was asked at a Treasury Select Committee hearing whether the Treasury had leant on the FCA or undermined its independence.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2016
That crash, which left banks unable to collect money they had leant, led to the Great Depression.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2014
"Portrait of Wally" - which pictures Valerie "Wally" Neuzil, a woman Schiele knew and used as a model - was among more than 100 works the Leopold Foundation had leant to MoMA.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2010
Enid had leant forward; and she shyly took her mother's hand, and gently squeezed it.
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by W. B. (William Babington) Maxwell
