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putty

[puht-ee] / ˈpʌt i /




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The new line comprises a series of modeling compound kits that guide users through the process of turning putty into floral arrangements designed to be displayed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The business of the North American Toy Fair, an annual showcase of the latest in silly putty, monster trucks and board games, is fun.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2025

Tucked inside Aardman’s putty preoccupations is a potent philosophical statement about the irreplaceable quality of the human touch.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 19, 2024

But after so many years in the business, Griffin understands how to maneuver her audience and keep them molded in her hands like putty.

From Salon Oct. 28, 2024

One second stretched like putty into hours, and Seven was shaking with fear and anticipation.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Dubuffet has rushed from mixed pastes and putties to butterfly-wing collages to painting with knives and forks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lina wrapped her legs in putties to prevent varicose veins.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

With the same rude materials we made an excellent flying bridge which, moved by the swift current, floated backwards and forwards across the river on ropes made from the puggris and putties.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon

He had on a tall blue turban, dark blue tunic with leathern belt, loose knickerbockers, and putties.

From India and the Indians by Elwin, Edward Fenton

I haven't got to wind khaki putties round my legs for nothing.

From A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by Sinclair, May

Q: We want to replace or reglaze our 1966 Colonial's three bow windows, which have single-pane glass puttied into wooden frames.

From Washington Post Dec. 4, 2020

In an early scene in the film, his hair puttied upward, he apologizes for a glitch in his stream.

From The New Yorker Aug. 27, 2019

Film historians have puttied the gaps in “Battle” with explanatory title cards, but these could never replicate Laurel’s look of thought-free innocence, Hardy’s frown of eternal exasperation.

From New York Times Jul. 8, 2015

Most of the time, his face is serious, soft, and his features are slightly edematous, particularly his nose, which looks as if it has been puttied in place.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two tiny windows were created out of bits of glass that had been puttied together.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

Affix the braces just after filling, using brads and puttying the holes with putty colored to match the filler.

From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)

Well," 'e ses, "get it slobbered over as quick as you can," 'e ses, "'cos we ain't got much for this job: don't spend a lot of time puttying up.

From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert

"I wouldn't like to undertake the puttying up that would deceive you."

From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Green, Anna Katharine

The rest of my days will be spent in patching and painting and puttying and caulking my priceless possession and in looking the other way when an imploring argument or a damaging fact approaches.

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Twain, Mark

Unless this last practice is adopted throughout, the ordinary process of cementing must be omitted and careful puttying substituted for it.

From Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass by Whall, C. W.




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