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
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 Lobingier, Elizabeth Erwin Miller
Thou would'st have kept silence, hadst thou a sense of shame.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Thou hadst a foolish froward child to guide to his own weal, and didst all this for the best.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
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