trundle
verb (used with object)
to cause (a circular object) to roll along; roll.
had trundled
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past perfectof trundle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Embarrassed by the "horrible" All the Way, which had trundled off the Stock, Aitken Waterman production line to accompany England's disastrous Euro 88 capitulation, he was adamant an Italia 90 track would provide atonement.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2020
The park’s night patrol had trundled by, distantly, along its normal predictable route.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2020
As she pulled up to her yellow-brick house, Raphel saw agents going in and out the front door, walking across the oriental rugs she had trundled back from tours in South Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2016
“They always come here on the last day,” the counterman observed, when his patrons had trundled into the cold.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2015
A minute later, when the machine had trundled half a block farther, Tally jumped out and snatched up a discarded mask from the street.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
