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
Yes! for thou hadst a fellow-feeling in every suffering, and how much above all in mine!'
From Discipline by Mary Brunton
King: Daniel, I would that thou hadst not done this thing, for I love thee.
From The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children by Elizabeth Erwin Miller Lobingier
For hadst thou not in that hour called upon that woman I should have slain thee.”
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
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