glue
noun
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
had glued
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past perfectof glue.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The bees had glued it down from the underside with propolis — a sticky substance they create with tree resin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
She wore it with a scarf that had big, lush roses on it like the satiny wallpaper she had glued and smoothed across our hallway.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2018
Then they had glued red and yellow feathers onto the keyboard.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2017
Natalie Hynde, 30, had glued herself to her boyfriend, veteran environmental activist Simon "Sitting Bull" Medhurst, 55, to form a "human lock" at the site entrance.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2013
She had glued, sewn, or pasted them on as outer pockets, and in the sunlight, she shimmered as if dressed in fish scales.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
