nurse
noun
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
had nursed
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past perfectof nurse.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She had nursed her daughter, Alessa, for nearly 18 months — longer than most mothers in the United States do — and the process had not been easy.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
Perkins, who had nursed the act into its final form, had to scramble to undo the damage, and soon brought Roosevelt around again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2021
She had nursed the baby throughout the day - when he wasn't sleeping with other babies in the nursery.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2018
He had never voted Front National, but he says that from childhood, he had nursed a passion for French national sovereignty.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2017
She forgot that she was smaller than Cathy and had nursed every one of her own children.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
