live
verb (used without object)
to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions.
had lived
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past perfectof live.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She had lived in L.A. less than a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Teare said Parra Hernandez was a Mexican national who had lived in Harris County for more than 30 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Her father, Richard Bennett, said his daughter had lived an "amazing life" in a statement read out by assistant coroner Jyoti Gill.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Evidence also indicates that survivors who had lived inland relocated toward the northern coast.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Cook began to talk about the kinds of quality people who had lived in Daffodil Manor over the years, all the many Carutherses plus their cousins and distant relations.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
