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

She made several smaller works but in the same style of her large work, out of acrylic and grout.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024

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

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

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

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

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

As a partridge grouts with her wings in a dusty furrow, so he worked in the powdered snow to make her a nest.

From Lore of Proserpine by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

The reality, he said, is that the 54 million gallons of sludge will most likely never be removed; he believes it will be grouted and left in place for future generations to deal with.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2023

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

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

From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2018

The joints below water were calked by divers and above water by masons, and a section was then grouted.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers

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

Once he was inside, Chris noticed problems: "I have a photo where there were actual mushrooms growing out of the grouting in the bathroom," he says.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2023

The Energy Department termed this demonstration a success, and the Government Accountability Office has cited experts saying the grouting could save $16.5 billion.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2020

I listen, as I watch the king grouting away, but understand nothing except the animosity between Tibe and Estraven.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin