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
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
However, Tess found at least approximate expression for her feelings in the old Benedicite that she had lisped from infancy; and it was enough.
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
And now alone the mother was In all this world so wide, For ere the child had lisped his name Her stricken husband died.
From Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems by James Avis Bartley
