stimulate
verb (used with object)
to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite.
had stimulated
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past perfectof stimulate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But he decided to leave it, happy that his Etsy purchase had stimulated a conversation even though his yard now advertises the brilliance of a movie he has never seen.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022
The Treasury said that stamp duty holidays had stimulated the housing market and, in turn, protected jobs.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2021
A 1975 EPA study of the Holloway Reservoir upstream showed that phosphates from fertilizers and detergents had stimulated algae growth.
From The Verge ● Feb. 26, 2016
Next to the ruins of the reputed home of Thomas the Rhymer, John McKee, the owner of the Rhymers Tower Restaurant, said that the bust had stimulated interest in the village.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2015
The smell and taste of the bacon had stimulated his appetite mightily, and he was still hungry.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
