had skated
- past perfect of skate.
Example Sentences
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Earlier, the defense had wasted little time attacking Davidson during cross-examination, suggesting within minutes that he had skated on the edge of extortion and was given to convenient lapses of memory.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
It turned out the councilman’s nephews had skated Channel Street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
His greatest rival, Japan’s two-time gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu, had skated out of contention for the most part two days earlier.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022
Roest had skated about an hour earlier in the sixth of 10 pairs, initially breaking the Olympic mark in 6.09.31.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2022
He wore a large black hat that looked like a raven with widespread wings, and a velvet vest across which the patina of the centuries had skated.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
