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Example sentences for "had arrived"

  • So when he had arrived at the river Ister, the Thracians met him; and as they were about to engage battle, Sitalkes sent a messenger to Octamasades and said: "Why must we make trial of one another in fight?

  • Now, from the time he had arrived, this gentleman had scarcely touched any repast that had been served up to him in his chamber.

  • It was not till he had arrived at the hollow part of the deepest down that D'Artagnan, smiling to see them outdone, turned towards them, making a friendly sign with his hand.

  • This gentleman, then, had arrived alone at Cropole's house.

  • General Merewether, in his letter to Theodore, informed him that he had arrived at Massowah with the workmen and presents, and that on the captives being made over to him he would allow the workmen to proceed to his Majesty's camp.

  • The bailiff gave Grandier a statement of the conclusions at which he had arrived, and told him that the exorcisms had been performed that day by Barre, armed with the authority of the Bishop of Poitiers himself.

  • However great might be his joy, whatever the unimaginable greatness to which he had arrived, he was not tranquil.

  • England, he had arrived in France, at the age of eighteen, with that monarch, after the Revolution of 1688.

  • He wrestled with the mysteries of the printed page with a sad seriousness which made one regret his inability to remember what was at the top until he had arrived at the bottom.

  • This conclusion he had arrived at from scientific study of the rates of mortality and increase, and in settling upon it he had cautiously left a large margin for contingencies.

  • And he so fully believed in the conclusions he had arrived at that he thought no reasonable man could resist their force or avoid reaching a like result.

  • It was in this state of mind that he had watched the new phase of the "irrepressible conflict" which supervened upon the downfall of the Rebellion In so doing, he had arrived at the following conclusions: 1.

  • She must be well trained, then," she makes answer.

  • No woman was ever more charming in these daintily arbitrary moods, and he promises.

  • Lucia Brade calls in her pony phaeton and entices Pauline, who is always ready for a pleasure.

  • And Polly ran into the kitchen to tell the men that the bridegroom had arrived, but couldn't be seen until the bride was through with an important interview with him.

  • They rode up to Allen Hacienda shortly after Slim Hoover had arrived.

  • Bud coldly acknowledged Echo's affectionate and happy greeting, and curtly informed her that Jack had arrived.

  • Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

  • From what he learned upon this visit, he had arrived at a true conjecture, I believe, as to the cause of the great change which had suddenly taken place in the youth.

  • When the emperor heard that Tirant had arrived, he was happier than he had ever been, and he said that he felt as if his son had come back to life.

  • When he was informed that Albi, the Duke of Macedonia's squire, had arrived, the emperor quickly came out of his chambers.

  • In the morning the spies came and told the captains that the Turks had arrived.

  • He would enlarge the holes in his jacket with his fingers, slacken his step, and sometimes stand talking in front of the door, so as to remain longer in the street.

  • When Rougon had removed the covers of the three boxes, the spectacle became weirdly grotesque.

  • In one corner there is a primitive saw-mill for cutting the timber, the noise from which serves as a dull, continuous bass accompaniment to the sharp voices.

  • Now, however, Francis, in hunting for flies, had arrived at the extreme end of the room.

  • The name of Mark Twain was already known on the isthmus, and when it was learned he had arrived on the Chauncey a delegation welcomed him on the wharf, and provided him with refreshments and entertainment.

  • Darwin at once explained to Lyell that, with respect to the origin of coral-reefs, he had arrived at views directly opposed to those published by "his master.

  • It is an extraordinary instance, if one were wanted at all, of Darwin's magnanimity and intense modesty that though he had arrived at the theory himself, he acquiesced in Forbes receiving the well-merited credit.

  • Written as the book was before its author had arrived at the age of thirty, no less than eleven editions of the "Principles" were called for in his lifetime.

  • And a very safe distance, too," said Ben Zoof, when his master told him the conclusion at which he had arrived.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "had arrived" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    had arrived; had asked; had caught; had ceased; had decided; had expected; had fallen; had finished; had for; had learned; had lost; had meant; had not; had nothing; had observed; had one; had passed; had promised; had resolved; had ridden; had spoken; had the good fortune; had the greatest difficulty; had won; had you; one thousand five hundred and ninety