had stencilled

• 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 stencilled

That night, Grimes shaved off the inverted V that he had stencilled along his neckline.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 1, 2017

Repetition had stencilled his name and his photograph upon the public cerebrum.

From When Winter Comes to Main Street by Grant Martin Overton

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