clutter
verb (used with object)
to fill or litter with things in a disorderly manner.
had cluttered
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past perfectof clutter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Ingersoll had thrown out the cheap-looking ads that had cluttered up Salute's pages, so that he could court more imposing accounts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Papa finally finished the greetings, and, with the wide churchyard now mosdy emptied of the cars that had cluttered it like teeth in a mouth, we headed to our car.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Here Van Horn was swept off his legs by an avalanche of return boys who had cluttered the deck with the first squall.
From Jerry of the Islands by Jack London
The luridness was suggested by colour far more skilfully than if rocks, thinly swaying and lit by red lights, had cluttered up the wings.
From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Kathleen Howard
At once, upon his return, he had taken Manly into his confidence about his mother, and that simple soul brushed aside the sentimental rubbish with which Kathryn had cluttered the situation.
From At the Crossroads by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
