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
I scanned cardboard gears with my iPhone, and then tried to correctly place them on a virtual vault that had materialized in my apartment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
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
And, sure enough, within minutes, Marco and Cook had materialized.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
