grout

But you don’t have to compute the coefficient to know that matte tiles are better than shiny ones, and small tiles are better than the big ones because the grout lines provide friction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

There was Mrs. Hinch, as she called herself, using a toothbrush to scrub the grout in her bathroom.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024

From the acidic brine of pickle juice to the grout between your bathroom tiles, mold can thrive in even the most inhospitable environments.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 10, 2023

Founded in 1951 for those who grout tile and hang cabinets, the periodical was no match for Prince Harry’s memoir or a Stephen King novel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023

His own room was the size of our downstairs, and he had his own bathroom and tile with the grout still around it.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

Both sanded and unsanded grouts are cement-based or latex-modified products.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021

For cement-based or latex-modified grouts, it’s safest to work on only about three square feet at a time.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021

Sanded and unsanded grouts are mixed with water and installation and cleanup are simple.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021

The size of Longo's voyeuristic images reflects the scale of his essential subject: the American consciousness industry, and the way it grouts every cranny in public life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oatmeal or porridge is always called "grouts"; and the Cotswold native does not talk of hoisting a ladder, but "highsting" is the term he uses.

From A Cotswold Village by J. Arthur Gibbs

The GAO says costs could be cut by tens of billions of dollars if some of the low-activity waste were grouted, or immobilized in concrete, and shipped out of Washington for disposal.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2022

Once a toilet is bolted correctly to the flange, the gap between the base of the toilet and the floor should be grouted using regular tile grout.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021

As for instances already encountered, she said, “all subsidence areas have been sealed, grouted and fully restored. This is standard industry practice in these situations.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2018

More than 240 miles of drains have been cleared of debris and 1,500 leaks grouted.

From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2018

Protected by this roof, the full section was excavated, and three rings of the iron lining were built and grouted, and then the whole process was repeated.

From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Tunnels. Paper No. 1159 by James H. Brace

Pliers were used to extract coins near the rock's edge, a grouting tool required for some of the more deeply wedged coins.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Originally envisioned as a means to an end, the express trains, steam trains and mail trains quickly became the focus of my journey, the cities and towns like grouting smoothed around the tracks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025

Crews need to test the road’s base, which includes drilling and grouting of smaller holes and voids in the surrounding area.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025

Hone your beginner skills by tiling and grouting this scrap piece of drywall.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2022

Seems its marble walls have been “bleeding” onto the brass fixtures, and can I scrub the grouting extra hard?

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich