lame
adjective
physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
had lamed
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past perfectof lame.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The next village was four miles distant, and when they reached the place, Carl, who had lamed his foot on a stone, was glad enough to sit down.
From Leo the Circus Boy by Edward Stratemeyer
So Paul ignored the probability that De Chauxville had lamed his horse on purpose, and offered him refreshment while his saddle was being transferred to the back of a fresh mount.
From The Sowers by Henry Seton Merriman
Shortly afterwards I heard that the governor's daughter married the man whose leg I had lamed for his impertinence to me.
From Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha by Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden
It was almost with satisfaction I saw the bolter had lamed himself badly.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss
He forgot about everything else until he had lamed one of the forelegs.
From The Later Cave-Men by Howard V. Brown
