pipe
noun
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
had piped
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past perfectof pipe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Swift, meanwhile, had piped up a few hours earlier via an Instagram story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2020
Maybe he could understand it, maybe he couldn’t, but they had piped the music.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2019
After the Super Bowl, the Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank admitted that his team had piped in artificial noise during home games to distract visiting teams.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2015
After the Super Bowl, he admitted that his team had piped in artificial noise during home games to distract visiting teams.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2015
The little frogs that had piped in the meadows in early spring, croaked as bull-frogs in the brooks during the summer heats, and then sunk into silence.
From Tales of a Traveller by Washington Irving
