had upstaged
- past perfect of upstage.
Example Sentences
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By halftime, Swords had upstaged Watkins by scoring 14 points and pulling down four rebounds, easily outpacing Watkins’ four points, five rebounds and three turnovers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2025
This followed fast on the heels of another festival in Atlantic City, at which he had upstaged Janis Joplin.
From The Guardian ● May 9, 2020
When it came out in 2014, Peter Pomerantsev’s acclaimed “Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible” revealed a safely distant Moscow where facts were expendable and spectacle had upstaged reality.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2019
The production company behind hits like “Toy Story” and “The Incredibles” had upstaged Disney’s own animation house, and Mr. Iger thought the acquisition could rejuvenate its core business of family entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2018
The deal with New York Superintendent of Financial Services Benjamin Lawsky on Tuesday caps a week of transatlantic tension and a furor over why a state agency had upstaged other authorities.
From Reuters ● Aug. 15, 2012
