write
verb (used with object)
to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe.
had written
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past perfectof write.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Apsana Begum, Labour MP for Poplar & Limehouse in east London, said she had written to the trust to express her fears.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Purja, 43, had written on X this week that he was close to becoming the first person to climb all 14 "super peaks" twice without oxygen.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
This woman wrote to me last year to say her husband had written a secret will when they were in a bad place in their marriage.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Davies said Smith then found a piece of paper in his bag three days later that said "glioblastoma multiforme", which a nurse had written down for him.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
All he had written was the word "EARDRUMS."
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
