that'd

[that-id]

1. contraction of that had:

   We all noticed the panic that'd crept into her voice.

2. contraction of that would:

   If you could swing by and pick me up on your way there, that'd be great.

Usage

See contraction.

Example Sentences

“I wonder if cannibals keep trophies of their prey, the way I do of mine? That’d be a gruesome end, what?”

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“That’d be a stroke of luck, wouldn’t it? Funny thing, luck. You can’t tell if it’s good or bad until well after the fact. Why, if I’d never been kidnapped by pirates, I’d never have learned to make the visibilizer....”

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“That’d be a funny coincidence. If it were the same shipwreck, I mean.”

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It blasted from the cassette that’d been stuck in Eloise’s tape player for years.

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“It’s not surprising that’d be the one that they would buy,” Check said.

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