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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Each new victory in Gaul had maddened the soul of Constantius, and smitten his vanity to the quick.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
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
She could not imagine what had maddened him.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
As a boy, he had maddened her most in his grandest moments.
From Tommy and Grizel by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
All men knew that the jungle had maddened him.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Various
