sacrifice
noun
the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
had sacrificed
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past perfectof sacrifice.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It was June 2006 and the couple’s trailblazing price comparison website Foundem - one they had sacrificed well-paid jobs for and built from scratch - had just gone fully live.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
But the Teamsters said its members had sacrificed more than $5 billion in wage and benefit concessions since 2009 to keep Yellow moving.
From Reuters ● Aug. 8, 2023
I had sacrificed plenty to earn my PhD in biology: I had slept in abandoned buildings and mopped floors at the university.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022
I stayed with her a good while, saddened and buoyed at the same time by what she had sacrificed.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
I had sacrificed energy to recruit writers who subscribed to a revolutionary point of view, and now my feelings fought against the waste and meaninglessness to which my efforts were being reduced.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
