Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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And Thompson had etched her name into golfing history long before that lone triumph at Mission Hills in 2014.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024
Aerial photos released Tuesday by the Coast Guard show that the man, whose name wasn’t released, had etched the letters “SOS” in the island’s sandy beach.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
The photographer had etched their names in the negatives’ emulsion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
On the walls of the cell, prisoners had etched messages, including an image of a cross.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2016
But he had etched in Macon’s mind certain historical figures, and as a boy in school, Macon thought of the personalities of his horse, his hog, when he read about these people.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
