stub
noun
a short projecting part.
had stubbed
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past perfectof stub.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Simon Bennett, a 65-year-old semi-retired writer from Pontefract, shrugs off a suspected case of trench foot as if he had stubbed his toe.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
Partway through her run, Ms. Arnold got a call from Mr. Deaux, who claimed that a toe he had stubbed earlier in the day was causing him serious pain.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
As Tim Madigan details in The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, 19-year-old Dick Rowland, a black shoeshiner, had stubbed the toe of 17-year-old white elevator operator Sarah Page.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2017
“He had stubbed his big toe,” she said.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 27, 2016
"Ben, I mention this matter because I feel that I need your friendship now more than ever," said he, disregarding my inquiry in a way which clearly showed that Cupid had stubbed a toe.
From Cupid's Middleman by Edward B. Lent
