mire
noun
had mired
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past perfectof mire.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The brother of his martyred predecessor, whose policies had mired the nation in the mess in the first place, wanted Johnson's job and an end to the war.
From Time Magazine Archive
What if rains in Poland had mired the German tanks in mud?
From Time Magazine Archive
I feared that his machine had mired in the Two-Mile Swamp, or had toppled into a gully coming through the Devil's Strip.
From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Mary Johnston
It was in this soft place that the wagon-train had mired.
From A Lieutenant at Eighteen by Oliver Optic
We turned to follow our braves, who were chasing the enemy, and had not gone far before we overtook a white man, whose horse had mired in a swamp.
From Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk by Black Hawk
