mount
verb (used with object)
had mounted
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past perfectof mount.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Halfway through the game, police in Bogotá responded to noise complaints from residents in the apartments around the food court and ordered the operators to turn off the screens they had mounted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Speculation had mounted that he might use the first State of the Union speech of his second term, before Congress on Tuesday, to announce an attack.
From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026
Phil,” he had mounted “Europeras 1 & 2” on a Sony Pictures sound stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
The co-worker, Nathan Vasquez, a deputy district attorney in the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office, had mounted a campaign that blamed Mr. Schmidt for the city’s recent problems.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2024
Since they had mounted up at dawn, he had said not a word.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
