lug
verb (used with object)
to pull or carry with force or effort.
had lugged
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past perfectof lug.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But he grew especially animated when we talked about the small wooden end table we had lugged outside to the backyard for the interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
First he played a portable keyboard he had lugged with him to the hospital, then the cello and finally the violin, turning a drab hospital room into a concert hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2023
Schwarber had lugged out a giant speaker, turned up the Blink-182 and slowly but surely transformed the whole thing into something of an impromptu home run derby.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2022
And so I started to go through my mother’s papers, the journals and letters and articles and unpublished manuscripts, the unopened boxes I had lugged from New York to San Francisco after I got married.
From Slate ● May 6, 2021
Jessie had lugged Megan's boom box all the way downstairs, and Megan was doing the DJ thing with her CD collection.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
