madden
verb (used with object)
to anger or infuriate.
had maddened
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past perfectof madden.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 been cold and haughty and repellent, despising him always, and that had maddened him.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield
The insult had maddened Raoul, and the pain of his wound now rendered him furious.
From The Rifle Rangers by Mayne Reid
Clearly he had learned of her coming back to me, and the thought had maddened him.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
The same scourge that had maddened the poor laird fell hissing on his soul, and its knotted sting was the same word mother.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
"Yes," he said; "once I saw the end of a poor soul he had maddened, and 'twas a cruel thing."
From His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality by Frances Hodgson Burnett
