roof
noun
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
had roofed
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past perfectof roof.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Tennis writers on Twitter were certainly not distracted: Ultimately, US Open's big mistake was building Ashe without roof in 1997 when Aus Open already had roofed stadium.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2012
Tennis writers on Twitter were certainly not distracted: Ultimately, US Open’s big mistake was building Ashe without roof in 1997 when Aus Open already had roofed stadium.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2012
He had roofed over 70 prices with formal ceilings, had set up 70 more tentative ceilings by voluntary agreements with the industries concerned.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a small oblong hut built of split slabs, and he had roofed it with shingles which he split in spare times.
From Joe Wilson and His Mates by Lawson, Henry
At a road-side inn I found they had roofed over a hollow stump, and used it as a capacious store-room.
From Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands by Nordhoff, Charles
