pitchfork
noun
had pitchforked
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past perfectof pitchfork.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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For the subject of the conversation had changed in that inaudible phase—changed from Mrs. Masham to the queer old soul her young ladyship had pitchforked down in the middle of the household.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
Jacob was suddenly back from that unreal world into which his magical prosperity had pitchforked him.
From Jacob's Ladder by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
We accepted him at first as part of the fairy-story into which Destiny had pitchforked us.
From A Woman Named Smith by Marie Conway Oemler
It was a situation which exactly suited his frame of mind; he stood alone in direct opposition to the community into which Fate had pitchforked him so abruptly.
From Mike by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
It was a situation which exactly suited his frame of mind; he stood alone in direct opposition to the community into which Fate had pitchforked him so abruptly.
From Mike and Psmith by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
