patrol
verb (used without object)
(of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
had patrolled
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past perfectof patrol.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Hollingsworth was sober, not wearing a seatbelt and was a state police driving instructor traveling an interstate he had patrolled for decades.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
Deputies from the Sheriff’s Homeless Outreach Services Team, who had patrolled the boardwalk earlier in June, stayed away as the outreach began.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
Specialist teams with sniffer dogs had patrolled the procession route searching for explosives, while helicopters buzzed overhead as part of the operation to protect Prince William and his new wife Kate Middleton.
From Reuters ● Apr. 29, 2011
He had patrolled the same streets of downtown Cleveland for 30 years looking for pickpockets and shoplifters.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2010
We were guarded by the same young women who had patrolled the corridors at Scheveningen.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
