vibrate
verb (used without object)
to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
had vibrated
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past perfectof vibrate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And as suddenly as my phone had vibrated, I started crying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2021
“We were in L.A. I woke up that morning and my phone had vibrated off the table from so many missed calls and texts. I was like ‘What could possibly be going on?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2019
It had vibrated, she told him, an incoming call, and she had ignored it, except it happened two more times.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 3, 2017
He had vibrated with anxiety; she had radiated cool confidence.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2016
She knew the voice: it had vibrated through her more than once before; and because she knew it, she did not turn round or look up.
From Romola by George Eliot
