salvage
had salvaged
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past perfectof salvage.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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All around him others were embarking on a similar journey, stacking whatever they had salvaged of their belongings onto whatever transportation they could manage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2025
Arsenal thought they had salvaged a point late on against Aston Villa when Kai Havertz competed with home defender Matty Cash at the back post and bundled in from close range.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
While in camps on neighboring Teressa, the people of Chowra, who had exceptionally strong traditions, built canoes with tools they had salvaged from the more intact villages.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 25, 2020
She had salvaged a few items of clothing, and hung them on bushes outside the Marsh Harbour Healthcare Center.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2019
Zeitoun sat beside his tent, eating cereal he had salvaged from the kitchen.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
