clump
noun
a small, close group or cluster, especially of trees or other plants.
had clumped
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past perfectof clump.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Using a microscope, he spied that those cells had clumped together — not a reaction the virus responsible for Japanese encephalitis was known to cause.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2021
The mud had clumped in the cleats of both Lucchesi and Buehler.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2018
Then, after the soldiers had clumped out to forage for dinner, a light tap came at her back door.
From Time Magazine Archive
When those heavy feet had clumped down the staircase, silence enveloped us again, beatific silence.
From The Firefly of France by Marion Polk Angellotti
Rice had clumped along shore until he found a dead branch washed up in a recent rainstorm.
From Further Adventures of Lad by Albert Payson Terhune
