had stenciled

• past perfect

  past perfect

  Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.

  of stencil.
  stencil

  noun

  a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.

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had stenciled

This trick comes from an idea she’s had stenciled out for a while.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2022

Now, walking through the house, Lisa ran her fingers across the dark-blue leaves she had stenciled on the wall of the bedroom she had shared with her husband for more than a decade.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2021

On the street, someone had stenciled graffiti that read, “Basta de travesticidios,” or “Enough transgendercide.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2015

The mark was too perfect, almost as if someone had stenciled it carefully.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Instead of their own names, the jockeys had stenciled the names of Howard’s horses on the back.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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