sample
noun
a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
had sampled
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past perfectof sample.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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When the war was won, the great boom in Coca-Cola’s international expansion began, fueled by a desire for the soft drink by people who had sampled it in far-flung places near the war-zone plants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“What infuriated me was not that he had sampled my music but that he treated my son like that,” Puthli said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024
She went back to the homes she had sampled from earlier.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2023
The new study had sampled bats near that same location, at an abandoned mine that had yielded another close SARS-CoV-2 relative in 2013, and at other sites in nearly half of China’s 31 provinces.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 18, 2022
He waited in front of me until I had sampled the brew.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
