time
noun
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
had timed
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past perfectof time.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And Saka had the ball in the net in the second half after dribbling around Martinez but had timed his run a fraction too early.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2023
Indonesia Directorate General of Prisons spokeswoman Rika Aprianti told media the trafficker, who also uses the name Cai Ji Fan, had timed his escape to the changing of the guards.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2020
There were 121 horses who had timed workouts and hundreds more who exercised or galloped on the surface Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2019
He had timed his protest against Australia using Nauru as a holding station for more than 600 refugees to coincide with a visit by U.N. refugee agency officials.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
I cursed the luck that had timed my arrival in the hotel cafeteria to coincide with Hilda's.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
