mature
adjective
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms.
had matured
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past perfectof mature.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It was based on a technology that had matured, after years of research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
A frightened little girl whose name means "innocence" had matured into an impressively confident young woman in fashionable blue jeans and a powder blue fleece.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024
"But as those animals grew, we saw that they didn't startle in response to loud noise. They had gone deaf after they had matured."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024
I came back to it 15 years ago and founded Joby Aviation once batteries had matured.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2023
In the years we had been apart, my oldest brother, Hershel, had matured under my father's tutelage.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
