had nicked
- past perfect of nick.
Example Sentences
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In fact, we learn, his temper flared because the machine had nicked his finger, and Sloan was throwing out instructions for how to complete a mail-in ballot.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
During one of his visits, Garner saw a patch of soil where a bulldozer had nicked the overgrown vegetation that fringed the lot.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 9, 2016
I don't say they were happy losing 1-0 but I think that if Liverpool had nicked a goal then Madrid would have gone straight down and got another one.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2014
“One tray arrived with blood all over it from where a fisherman had nicked himself. It’s quite a heated competition,” Sibert says.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2014
“If I hand it in, I’ll have to say where I got it! Filch would know Fred and George had nicked it!”
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
