usher
noun
a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc.
had ushered
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past perfectof usher.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Pakistan, which hosted the talks and whose leadership had ushered the rival sides to the table, said it would keep facilitating dialogue and urged both countries to continue respecting the temporary truce.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
Some Tumblr users felt the intelligence community’s “How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?”–style entry onto the platform had ushered in its premature death.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2023
Japan also took steps toward becoming more democratic for a brief period after World War I. In 1912, a new emperor, Taisho, had ushered in a period of liberalism with democratic and progressive politics.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
He was more a consensus builder, less a strongman, and by his time, the era of collective leadership which Deng Xiaoping had ushered in was considered a norm - or so people thought.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2022
And we actually were strong, perhaps, relative to groups of clients Hall had ushered up the mountain in past years.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
