slide
verb (used without object)
to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface.
had slidden
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past perfectof slide.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The earth, saturated with moisture, had slidden like an avalanche from the steep rugged slopes, and huge boulders, tilted from their muddy beds, were thrown into the glens below.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris
Then the rain ceased and Vic knew they had slidden down into a rock-covered fissure, that they were getting underground.
From A Master's Degree by Margaret Hill McCarter
I had slidden down the balusters when I was a boy, and thought nothing of it, but to slide down the balusters in a railway-train is a thing to make one's flesh creep.
From A Tramp Abroad — Volume 05 by Mark Twain
Betty had been about to interpose, but at Aunt Priscilla's concession Doris had slidden down and taken Solomon in her arms, and rubbed her soft cheek against his head.
From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Amanda Minnie Douglas
They called her the "dear child," for without any effort on her part she had slidden into their hearts and found a ready welcome in each sympathizing bosom.
From Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
