had played
- past perfect of play.
Example Sentences
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Tuchel said Argentina had "played with a lot of momentum after our goal".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
An embarrassed Wegner said he had played tennis to "clear my head" but this cut little ice with furious voters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
After the Lucky Strike in Queens, New York, made the switch, the league that had played there for years stopped showing up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
But by the time the bicentennial rolled around, my life had played out against the backdrop of civil unrest and the Vietnam War, both spilling from our black-and-white television almost nightly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
By the end of the tournament, the suavely bedecked Bobby had played all eleven games without a single loss.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
