ils eurent

Tous les passagers eurent le mal de mer pendant la tempête.

All the passengers were seasick during the storm.

Ils eurent honte d'eux-mêmes.

They were ashamed of themselves.

Ils eurent à peine le temps de viser.

They barely had time to aim.

Ils eurent une chaude dispute.

They had a heated argument.

Ses copains de beuverie eurent du mal à comprendre tout ceci.

His drinking buddies had a hard time understanding all this.

Ils n'eurent pas un seul mot de gratitude.

They didn’t say a single word of thanks.

Ils eurent plusieurs enfants.

They had several children.

Tom et son écureuil eurent une grosse dispute.

Tom and his squirrel had a big fight.

À midi, il quittait Reno, où les voyageurs eurent vingt minutes pour déjeuner.

At noon, he left Reno, where the travelers had twenty minutes to have lunch.

Ils ne se sont jamais revu, et eurent tout oublié le lendemain.

They never saw each other again, and had forgotten everything by the next day.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)