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
“How much insurance have you, Lyddy?” demanded the aunt, when the firemen, after covering the already wet and bedraggled furniture, had clumped out in their heavy boots.
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Amy Bell Marlowe
The man from Arizona looked down at the high-heeled boots in which his tortured feet had clumped over the pavements of the metropolis all morning.
From The Big-Town Round-Up by William MacLeod Raine
