lisp
had lisped
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past perfectof lisp.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Hermione had lisped and pranced and pirouetted through their childhoods, showing off at every available moment with no thought—so her scowling, silent older sister believed—for how ludicrous and desperate she appeared.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
My old friend Fawcett used to say, that if Sir Isaac Newton himself had lisped, he could not have thought anything of him.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt
Dick's eyes filled with tears as he recalled the sweet-faced woman to whom he had lisped "mother," for he was only a small chap when she died.
From Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son by Howard R. Garis
It was there the two tiny cribs had stood, the rocking-horse, the doll's house, the little desks at which her babies had lisped their first lessons.
From Kildares of Storm by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
She, herself, had lisped some childish lines with them.
From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous
