regard
verb (used with object)
to look upon or think of with a particular feeling.
had regarded
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past perfectof regard.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The planet’s most famous band and the most enduring movie spy thus represent for Higgs a rent in the social fabric of a country that for so long had regarded class as destiny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
The medieval concept of monarchy had regarded kings as subservient to the pope, but absolute monarchs considered themselves subordinate to no one.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The controversy also engulfed Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president and chief operating officer, whom many employees said they had regarded as an ally.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
Pashinyan decided it was time to consider what generations of Armenians had regarded as unthinkable — negotiating without preconditions with Turkey and Azerbaijan.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2022
Ptolemy and Copernicus had regarded 10 minutes as precisely the acceptable margin of error.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
