had slandered
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past perfectof slander.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The College Board fiercely denied that claim and said on Saturday that DeSantis had slandered its course.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023
By some fascinating contortion of logic, Paget insisted that Annabella had slandered Byron by saying nothing at all against him.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2018
That cause was taken up by Will, who wrote that O'Reilly had slandered Reagan, and led to the on-air tussle last Friday.
From US News ● Nov. 11, 2015
About 300 dancers and staff, led by Tsiskaridze, signed an open letter claiming that Dmitrichenko had slandered himself under police pressure.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2013
When told that some one had slandered him in his absence, he said, "He may beat me too—in my absence!"
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various