wag
verb (used with object)
to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly.
had wagged
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past perfectof wag.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The day before she had wagged her finger from just off the pool deck to a televised shot of Efimova celebrating her win in a semifinal heat.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 9, 2016
But then I remembered how he had wagged his tail at me that day.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
When Renzo had said goodbye to the mastiffs, they had wagged their tails so feebly that he looked quite worried as he boarded Barbarossa’s boat.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
Triumphal Return of Charles Gardiner West from the Old World; and of how the Other World had wagged in his Absence.
From Queed by Raymond Moreau Crosby
"Have you the touchstone of truth?" asked the elder son; and when the man had wagged his head, "I might have known that," cried the elder son; "I have here a wallet full of them!"
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 by Various
