rim
noun
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
had rimmed
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past perfectof rim.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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While it’s tempting to wonder what could be if Gasol’s shot had rimmed out or Westbrook had jacked an air ball, these are not the only warts on Washington’s 6-12 record.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2016
There were coaches who had screwed him over and shots that had rimmed out.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2011
But in falling it had rimmed the shore with a twenty-foot wall of stranded floes.
From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack
But the shields that had rimmed the crater were gone.
From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham
