treat
verb (used with object)
to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way.
had treated
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past perfectof treat.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A Greek hospital official said it had treated a 61-year-old Serbian national for friction burns.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
By this time the junior Dickenses are contrite, keen to express their remorse for “the way that all of us, except Baby, had treated him.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
McKechnie had treated Anaheim Ducks ice hockey player Paul Kariya for a similar issue without him needing to go under the knife, and the Lakers liked the sound of that.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
I asked how many people he had treated.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
The Americans had treated their form of transportation as though it were no more sensitive than a six-cylinder Chevrolet.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
