seam
noun
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
had seamed
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past perfectof seam.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"Yes," he said emphatically, noting that played-out coal mines had seamed his own state with pockets of subsistence-level existence.
From Time Magazine Archive
A fold appeared between Cecilia's brows, exactly in the same spot where a deep furrow had seamed her brother's.
From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
Gone, too, was the horrid scar which had seamed it across, and the twisted lip which had given the repulsive sneer to the face!
From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Even his eye, now bright with fever, was dull and non-committal in daily life; and perhaps only the ramifications of his wrinkles could have revealed what particular ambitions had seamed his soul.
From The Fruit of the Tree by Alonzo Kimball
To such an extent had these ideas progressed that some persons attributed the furrows with which penitential works had seamed the brow of the humble priest to an immoral mode living.
From The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars With a Novena and Litany to this Zealous Worker in the Vineyard of the Lord by Anonymous
