plume
noun
a feather.
had plumed
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past perfectof plume.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I said so to the waiter, who had plumed himself on discovering a spy.
From The Deputy of Arcis by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
He had come to recount an achievement which had plumed and reappareled a limping self-respect and he had expected congratulation.
From A Pagan of the Hills by Charles Neville Buck
Where was the wholesome punishment upon which she, Marilla, had plumed herself?
From Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
No bird beside the shining river had plumed, paraded, or made more music than he.
From The Song of the Cardinal by Gene Stratton-Porter
At first he had plumed himself upon his lucky escape that night, when he would have declared his love to her.
From The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation by Harry Leon Wilson
