Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Contraction of he had.
- Contraction of he would.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contraction of he had, and of he would.
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- phrase he
had - phrase he
would
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Examples
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"Communications," he summoned evenly, "try to explain to these…" Mindful of the monitoring officers, he tempered the label he'd intended to employ. "…people that we're here on a rescue—"
The Kobayashi Maru Julia Ecklar 2000
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But it was the bowler's general bearing and neatness which charmed the young writer almost as much as the name he'd been seeking for his newly conceived character of a gentleman's gentleman.
From Jeeves to Herriot: all creatures great and sporty | Frank Keating 2011
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"Will there be a lot of ash in the atmosphere down on Rakatan, Doctor—" She paused, trying to remember the name he'd mumbled upon his appearance.
Firestorm L.A Graf 2000
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Diana Ross, Dustin Hoffman, Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, Barbara Streisand and more, all were on hand to see Ali regain the title he'd lost at the hands not of any athletic opponent, but a vengeful government.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com William Bradley 2011
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-- He said one call he'd do over is the second on-side kick, that Nebraska recovered at the 43 and quickly drove for another score.
The Seattle Times 2011
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A week after Egypt erupted in revolution last January, Jon Alpert , an Emmy-winning documentarian and co-founder of the Downtown Community Television Center DCTV, got the call he'd been waiting for.
The Egyptian Revolution Will be Televised Anna Louie Sussman 2012
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That worked out, he thought, gazing at the coins he'd received as change.
Heart vs. Head vic fortezza 2011
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That worked out, he thought, gazing at the coins he'd received as change.
Heart vs. Head vic fortezza 2011
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So when his coach told him one day to run four laps of the track, the 20-year-old Lagat saw it in the terms he'd always known—1,500 meters and change.
Four Minutes Down Fifth Joshua Robinson 2011
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But even as Coughlin walked with a noticeable limp Monday, and said his morning runs will have to be curtailed, he joked about it his condition too, deadpanning that Ware was "no longer with the team" and laughing at the idea he'd bother with an MRI.
Tuck Awakens and So Do the Giants Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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