hadst
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,
From BBC ● May 5, 2023
Jonson assures the dead playwright that his artistic reputation is secure, “though thou hadst small Latin and less Greek.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2015
Among thy equals of the flock, Thou hadst escap’d the public mock.
From Moores Fables for the Female Sex by Edward Caldwell Moore
What a pleasure, hadst thou recompensed thy mother's care and toil with this joy!
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle
If from the commencement Thou hadst wished to make me known to myself, why later, hast Thou separated me from this myself?
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam
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