sheathe
verb (used with object)
to put (a sword, dagger, etc.) into a sheath.
had sheathed
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past perfectof sheathe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Sergeant Ruiz and other officers tangled with Mr. Bonawitz, who is 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighs nearly 300 pounds, before confiscating an eight-inch knife he had sheathed on his hip, prosecutors said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
By the end, they had sheathed their swords.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2015
Carbon dating suggests that the oldest sample had sheathed a body interred around 4200 bc, and the most recent about 3150 bc.
From Nature ● Aug. 12, 2014
On Christmas Day, 1945, President Truman wanted to visit his mother in Grandview, Mo. An all-night downpour of sleet, which had sheathed the Washington airport in ice, turned to murky rain by morning.
From Time Magazine Archive
This stern angel of peace had sheathed the sword, and for the time ended the war.
From Frederick the Great and His Family by Mrs. Chapman Coleman
