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
Now they were alone, and what a triumph would be the victor's! but the bell, the Tell of peace, the silver-tongued herald of the truce of God, had sheathed their weapons.
From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by George Henry Miles
