bedeck
verb (used with object)
to deck out; adorn, especially in a showy or gaudy manner.
had bedecked
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past perfectof bedeck.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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After these parades there was dancing by the soldiers and belles who had bedecked themselves in their Sunday best and come out to be wooed by a soldier in blue.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives by Work Projects Administration
The autumn leaf that had bedecked the trees was lying upon the ground, its brightness soiled and tarnished.
From A Dozen Ways Of Love by Lily Dougall
Even the withered flowers that had bedecked his death-couch were preserved with pious care, and no unloving hand could touch a single article that had once felt the impress of the now palsied fingers.
From The Elm Tree Tales by F. Irene Burge (Frances Irene Burge) Smith
None of them had “crimped” and none had bedecked their tresses with artificial flowers.
From The Literary World Seventh Reader by John Calvin Metcalf
None of them had "crimped" and none had bedecked their tresses with artificial flowers.
From The Conquest of Canaan by Booth Tarkington
