have supervened
- present perfect of supervene.
Example Sentences
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All that I mean is this: A right thing may be wrong, if done unseasonably, or in disregard of circumstances which have supervened.
From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah
"Not now, perhaps, but you can a few months later, when other things have supervened."
From Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy by Wells, David Dwight
She had then been mad about four months, and her disorder was stated to have supervened on the birth of a child.
From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John
Rigidity and contraction would have supervened of course, but only after life was extinct and consciousness fled.
From The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Harte, Bret
Suppose locked-jaw to have supervened from an attack of acute indigestion: would it not be more rational to restore the lost function?
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
