had mislaid
- past perfect of mislay.
Example Sentences
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Wehrly, who could not immediately recall what day the incident had occurred, told a reporter it was not the first time she had mislaid her weapon.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2018
She raised it casually, as if it were a kitchen utensil she had mislaid and would find later.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2016
From soccer mom reproving a child who had mislaid his lunchbox she, very briefly, became Torquemada dealing with a mentally deficient suspect.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2013
Mr Rodriguez said he had been on leave from 15 December and had just been informed the day after the party that an official had mislaid a computer.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2013
He assumed that Lawrence, in his slapdash way with numbers, had mislaid a decimal point and meant a microcurie, a thousand times less.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
