had strapped
- past perfect of strap.
Example Sentences
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An eye-witness described seeing one driver who had got out of his car who had strapped himself to a lamppost with his belt, to stop himself from being washed away.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
Stuntman Hurd McClellan had strapped on a bulletproof vest and swung like a pendulum suspended from a tree bough as news accounts said Semmelmeyer shot him several times without mishap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
The volunteers had strapped on devices to measure their heart rates and the temperature of their skin.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
She had strapped her feet into a monofin, as is sometimes used by free divers for a turbo-charged butterfly kick underwater.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
He had taken Benton’s notes and not blown them out of proportion so much as he had strapped an atom bomb to every letter of every word.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
