stud
noun
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
had studded
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past perfectof stud.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The runway show had studded fortress doors, billowing smoke and a theatrical finale.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2012
As at Stalingrad, the Russians had studded their front lines and rear with anti-tank strong points, ringed with mines, which caught the Nazi tanks in cross fire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another complaint: Cord had studded the Avco ranks with spies, some of whom spread the word that the employes "had better play ball with the Cord crowd because Cord s going to be the boss."
From Time Magazine Archive
Benito Mussolini had studded his gaudy years with gaudy phrases: > "I shall make my own life a masterpiece."
From Time Magazine Archive
Vasco de Gama had made the seas classic by his adventures, and his countrymen, following in his track, had studded the coast with towns, of which Goa was one of the most ancient and important.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
