wheel
noun
a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
had wheeled
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past perfectof wheel.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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An hour earlier, employees at a hospital near the attack site had wheeled her body on a gurney into an ambulance heading to the morgue.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2022
Hip-hop was audible from a loudspeaker someone had wheeled onto the sidewalk, where little boys were racing little girls, dribbling a basketball and darting from shop to shop like dragonflies.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2017
When I attended a recent evening practice, at a public park near Booker T.—the school’s field has no lights—the defensive coaches had wheeled out large plastic trash cans to simulate offensive linemen.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 1, 2017
Northampton were awarded a generous penalty try after Nic Berry had been harshly whistled for kicking the ball out of Dickson's hands and Wasps had wheeled the resulting scrum.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2011
“If you’d justa kept your mouth shut. You can always watch at my ...” But she had wheeled around again, and was zooming down the hall.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
