materialize
verb (used without object)
to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out.
had materialized
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past perfectof materialize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Customs and Border Protection official, had materialized from the complex, flanked by dozens of armed agents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
The crowd was small, the headliner was late and none of the expected counter-protesters had materialized.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2023
One person brought sheets of white paper and handed them out, a form of silent protest against state censorship that had come to symbolize the nationwide movement against COVID-19 restrictions that had materialized that weekend.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
But the results have been meager—after five years, just 1,000 of a promised 10,000 units had materialized.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2022
But if she thought it strange that two people and a pigeon had materialized out of nowhere, she didn’t say anything.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
