pore
verb (used without object)
to read or study with steady attention or application.
had pored
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past perfectof pore.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Alda, who wrote and directed many of the episodes, said he had pored over interview transcripts looking for a phrase that could inspire a story.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2022
For over two years since 2019, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance and his team had pored over Mr Trump's finances in search of possible crimes.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2022
By 12, she had pored through the Bible and soon after she read “I Kissed Dating Goodbye,” a purity culture classic during the early aughts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
It turned out that he had pored over its floor plan online while researching his early novel “Supernova Era,” which was published in 2003 and will appear in English later this year.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 17, 2019
Ged had pored over many charts and maps in the Tower of the Master Namer on Roke, but those had been mostly of the Archipelago and the inner seas.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
