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
Yet if in thy greatness thou hadst associated with thine Italian sisters instead of hating them, the foreigner would not have trodden us all down and enslaved us.
From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Garibaldi, Giuseppe
Foure teeth thou hadst, that, ranck'd in goodly state, Kept thy mouth's gate.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Je-sus said to her, Did I not tell thee that if thou hadst faith thou should see what great things God could do?
From Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood by Pollard, Josephine
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