quarantine
noun
a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
had quarantined
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past perfectof quarantine.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In recent weeks the city had quarantined certain compounds.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2022
More than a month earlier, Chinese authorities had quarantined the 11 million residents of Wuhan, where Covid-19 was first detected.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2020
In fact, Chakraborty and Saha were the only travelers I met who said they had quarantined.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2020
Qaiser, speaker of the National Assembly, announced Thursday on Twitter that he had quarantined himself at home.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2020
In the first place Egypt had settled down to her sluggish Nile like calm and cholera had quarantined the ship I wanted to take to Algiers, shutting off Algiers and what was more important Tunis.
From Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Charles Belmont Davis
