nourish
verb (used with object)
to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
had nourished
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past perfectof nourish.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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As Hoffman observes, “for Oswaldo Payá, the experience was the opposite. They had not conquered his soul. They had nourished it.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
Both were good party men who rose to the pinnacle of power before moving to reform or dismantle the systems that had nourished them for decades.
From Reuters ● Nov. 11, 2021
The two had kept warm by snuggling together in a sleeping bag – and Taylor had nourished himself on hot sauce packets.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2019
The case settled out of court, but some Monroeville citizens commented to the press that the case felt like an attack on the hometown that had nourished and celebrated her fiction.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2015
It seemed ironic that the very love for books that had nourished my dreams of a better life was about to shatter them.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
