flap
verb (used without object)
to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise.
had flapped
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past perfectof flap.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had flapped his wings for 237 hours without stopping when he touched down.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
Several times, the great beast had flapped its ears in protest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Australian Greg Norman waving a white playoff towel at Fuzzy Zoeller, who the day before had flapped his towel in mock surrender to Norman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Much older and more solemn, the lawyers in dark suits who in other days had flapped about the colonel like crows had returned.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
If a single bird had flapped its wings in the branches, if one little rodent had stirred in the underbrush, Little Shikara would likely have turned back.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Edison Marshall
