fringe
noun
a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
had fringed
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past perfectof fringe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The group sat in a semicircle, in armchairs that had fringed slip covers.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2022
The canopy of shade trees that had fringed the path was gone.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2014
The desert had fringed away into a grand rolling pastureland, walled in by the red cliffs, the slopes of Buckskin, and further isolated by the Canyon.
From The Last of the Plainsmen by Zane Grey
Harry and Jerry Curtis had clothes similar to those they had bought for Tom, while the Indians wore over their shirts new deer-skin embroidered hunting-shirts, and had fringed Mexican leggings instead of breeches and boots.
From In the Heart of the Rockies by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
He was happy, holding the hand of her who had occupied so large a place in his thoughts, and whose image had fringed with roseate hues his brightest hopes and strongest aspirations.
From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Oliver Optic
