inlay
verb (used with object)
to decorate (an object) with layers of fine materials set in its surface.
had inlaid
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past perfectof inlay.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Later we decamped to his apartment, a flimsy, spartan place that nevertheless held the most exquisite furniture, tables he had inlaid with ash and birch and varnished till they gleamed.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2019
It had inlaid marble floors, a rooftop promenade with gazebos, an English baronial dining hall and a uniformed staff of 150.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tree-ear had inlaid two tiny spots for eyes and inscribed other details on its face, hands, fur.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
Where the wood had separated as it dried, Nakashima had inlaid butterfly keys to prevent the splits from widening.
From O+F by John Moncure Wetterau
Besides this, Zero had inlaid its work, all along shore, with exquisite marquetry of leaves, brown and evergreen, of sprays and twigs, reeds and grasses.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 by Various
