Examples of 'had read' in a sentence

Meaning of "had read"

This phrase is the past perfect tense of the verb 'read'. It indicates that the action of reading occurred before a specific point or event in the past. It is used to describe an action that was completed prior to another action or to emphasize the completion of reading something in the past

How to use "had read" in a sentence

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had read
I had read your file often enough.
He speaks as if he had read the book before.
I had read this article on australian wines.
If you never had read the book.
They had read a different kind of dictionary.
He asked if they had read the letter.
She had read one of his books.
He told me that he had read the article in.
I had read your diary long ago.
It seems she had read the letter.
He had read about it in the tourist brochure.
He told you he had read it to look cool.
He had read about doing extended water fasts.
If only they had read this properly.
I had read every book in the world.

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I feel as if we had read two different books.
I had read of such hideous incarnate demons.
I wonder if they had read a previous blog.
He had read about such people in books.
You said you had read it as well.
She had read of people doing such things.
Joseph said that he had read a letter.
If you had read the rental agreement.
I was just wondering maybe if you had read it.
But i had read enough detective stories.
Brady was repeating a quote he had read.
No one had read them but him.
You would know if you had read it.
Everybody had read the history books.
It was because of an unimaginative story he had read to her.
I had read the books and everything.
The majority of us had read the book.
I had read that they migrants were being paid.
I asked them what they had read.
I had read everything i could about him.
I was shocked that she had read me so clearly.
I had read somewhere that they did not.
There were more pages than he had read.
Allison had read about this place.
We were all sharing from what we had read.
He had read so much and knew so much.
But comparatively few had read them.
I had read somewhere that it had been fixed.
Were written in that book which he had read.
I had read about it on the pregnancy forums.
Morrison was asked if he had read the article.
They had read it in the same place.
Man who stated that he had read.
I had read the opposite in many places.
Said to me that he had read the letter.

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