hadn't
Americancontraction
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“We hadn’t started searching yet. And we’re like, ‘The search is over.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Anne Soffin, a Jewish woman from Grosse Pointe who had known Stevens since she was a child, said she opposed El-Sayed and hadn’t been moved to vote for him—but she found the whole situation sad.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Townshend’s “Who Came First” came out in 1972, but there hadn’t been anything since.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
There was a time when I hadn’t, either.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Clare hadn’t seen a rat soul pass through Deadwood in months.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
![]()
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.