picture
noun
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc..
had pictured
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past perfectof picture.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I also realized pretty much everyone looked nothing like what I had pictured, which could be what some participants experience after seeing the person they’re supposed to very quickly marry for the first time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
In Paris, aged 22, a moment she had pictured throughout years of gruelling training in her pursuit of 800m gold finally happened.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024
She initially had pictured a blue kitchen, but the outside of her house already is blue, and she has blue wallpaper in another room.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
Foxworth Hall didn't quite look the way I had pictured it.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2022
I had pictured us taking off to the United States of America, angel wings on our shoulders.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
