resound
verb (used without object)
to echo or ring with sound, as a place.
had resounded
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past perfectof resound.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Two days earlier, the capital had resounded with the largest and most vocal antigovernment demonstrations since Nimeiri came to power in his own military coup almost 16 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a cry that had resounded constantly through the final week of the campaign, foreshadowing the sweep to come.
From Time Magazine Archive
That was a few hours before war was declared, though the long banqueting-hall of Loring Castle had resounded with rumours and expositions of war throughout dinner.
From The Education of Eric Lane by Stephen McKenna
A hundred years had rolled away, and the echo of no human voice had resounded through the deserted groves.
From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by W. H. (William Henry) Rhodes
Steadily, and as noiselessly as possible, the Spaniards held their way along the great street of Tlacopan, which so lately had resounded with the tumult of battle.
From William Hickling Prescott by Harry Thurston Peck
