had sequestered
- past perfect of sequester.
Example Sentences
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In the immediate post-second-world-war years, the US government had sequestered communist Yugoslavia’s gold reserves.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2018
Cavigelli’s organic systems, by contrast, had sequestered carbon at much deeper levels.
From Washington Post ● May 14, 2016
“I remember crying and crying, and they had sequestered me in this room, and I overheard these two women talking, F.B.I. agents,” Mr. Parker said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2011
It’s a major setback to the international effort to eradicate the disease, which health authorities thought they had sequestered into only Pakistan and Afghanistan.
From National Geographic
There was no time for Mary to bring the rice from the kitchen table, but Ellen had sequestered one of Adelaide's old dancing slippers under the front stair.
From The Second Generation by Phillips, David Graham
