service
noun
had serviced
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past perfectof service.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Later inspections found other DC-10s with structural damage in cases where shops had serviced the engine pylons using a forklift that had damaged key parts during maintenance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
He had serviced many homes and spent his days working from a shop just across the street from the churchyard where he was buried, in a hurriedly dug mass grave, The Associated Press has learned.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
For years, Russian vessels had serviced a set of Arctic Ocean sensors, funded by the U.S.
From Science Magazine ● May 3, 2023
She said she grew concerned because her father, a steelworker who had serviced airplanes during the Korean War, had hypertension and other medical conditions.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2020
They had serviced and checked the fighters and now their Pratt and Whitney twin bank radial engines were turning over smoothly.
From A Yankee Flier Over Berlin by Paul Laune
