had stimulated
- past perfect of stimulate.
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
In the last days before the separation, I’d escaped to the refuge of a writing retreat in Southern California, where the previous winter’s torrential rains had stimulated a springtime superbloom of desert wildflowers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2018
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
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
