volunteer
noun
a person who voluntarily offers to perform a service or other undertaking.
had volunteered
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past perfectof volunteer.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Even in the 2014-16 outbreak, there were only three cases in the UK and all were healthcare workers who had volunteered to help.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Hope, 20, had volunteered to stay at a nearby hotel because my mother’s house was stuffed with out-of-town relatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Jacobi had volunteered to help bring Kirk to campus.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025
Founder Cori Thomas, a playwright and screenwriter, had volunteered at the prison for years, and wanted a way to show her Hollywood peers the "exceptional work" being made in San Quentin.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
Russ Canan, an attorney with the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee in Atlanta, had volunteered to represent Evans.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
