had sorted
- past perfect of sort.
Example Sentences
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But days after the foreign medical supplies began entering the country, hospital workers told his daughter Jackie Mendoza that they had sorted it out and would be able to finish treating her father for free.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Bobba had sorted people with a Social Security number by age and found more than 12 million over 120 years old still listed in the agency’s data.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025
Reports suggested she was dropped from the England squad because of her behaviour and she had to wait until March 2023 for a recall, when manager Sarina Wiegman said Hampton had "sorted out personal issues".
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
Martinez had sorted through the same Lake Elsinore core sample—including at the key time period—for flecks of charcoal that could reveal the region’s history of wildfire.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 16, 2023
I hoped Chandra was right, but I could not help remembering a stall in the bazaar where Chandra and I had sorted through a heap of mismatched earrings.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
