litter
noun
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
had littered
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past perfectof litter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A blue balloon floating outside a door, drifting above where a party hat and empty juice bottles had littered the ground.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2019
But on our visit to Nanshan, a heatwave had littered the ground with dead fledglings.
From Time ● May 27, 2016
There were those who defended Johnson, in part because he had littered Yasusada’s Japanese biography with easily fact-checked clues that suggested it was all made up.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 9, 2015
The burnt out cars that had littered the scene the day before had been removed and replaced by half a dozen military jeeps.
From Reuters ● Dec. 27, 2011
The storm had littered the shore and he walked the tideline looking for anything of use.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
