warrant
noun
authorization, sanction, or justification.
had warranted
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past perfectof warrant.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It was just a shame that the attack could not create the opportunities that all the possession they had warranted.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2022
Wales responded well to falling behind as they controlled the remainder of the second half and missed several chances to score the winning goal their pressure had warranted.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2021
Coast Guard had received 26 calls reporting leaks or spills in the storm zone but none had warranted an EPA response.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
But at last, just at noon, when the mistress of the house had warranted him to sing, the little feathered exile began as it were to tune his pipes.
From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade
The five prizes turned out, when their cargoes were landed, to be much more valuable than the cursory examination made by the knights had warranted them in expecting.
From A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
