drape
verb (used with object)
to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
had draped
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past perfectof drape.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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During Lebanon's military conflict with Israel in 2006, Chinese diplomatic personnel and their families evacuating the embassy in Beirut had draped their vehicles with the Chinese national flag to avoid being randomly targeted.
From Reuters ● Feb. 24, 2022
Residents fortunate enough to have generator power had draped thick extension cords across fences to help neighbors in need.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2021
Patty Wood, 67, stood talking to Ebony Johnson, 32, who had draped a blue flag with white stars atop her Black Lives Matter T-shirt.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2020
The judge also ordered Charlottesville to remove a tarp it had draped over the statue for months after the clashes.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2018
Over the samovar’s chimney, the waiter had draped a string festooned with bublitchki, small bagel-shaped rolls baked to a glossy sheen.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
