had understood
- past perfect of understand.
Example Sentences
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Ruemmler said she declined to join Epstein’s 2019 defense team because the indictment alleged more sinister conduct than she had understood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Rosenbaum said the past year had "revealed that the old system had less legitimacy and was more fragile than I had understood, than was widely understood."
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Kehoe wasn’t sure how much Florence had understood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025
He had understood the world "better than others", had been "unique in so many ways" and had loved the US, Trump said, offering condolences.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024
But she knew that her mother had understood, had indeed long before this moment known that this time would come.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
