spawn
noun
the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
had spawned
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past perfectof spawn.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The Georgia incident had spawned thousands of false threats looping through social media feeds across the country.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025
Up to 65% of the cells in these organs were human, indicating the stem cells had spawned kidney cells in their porcine surroundings.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 7, 2023
So we had to go right back to understand the Ireland that had spawned her and why that had created these actions in 1992.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
He stressed that none of the nine patients they checked had spawned a new dangerous variant.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2022
The remnants of his vast web were there still, but the swarm of descendants he had spawned had been driven out by the Death Eaters, to fight for their cause.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
