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 were places on the facade where a single tile needed to fit in the grout on the wall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025

Regulators also have agreed to turn some of that waste into a concrete-like grout, rather than immobilizing it in glass.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 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

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 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

When the whole surface is grouted, wipe down everything again with a clean, damp sponge.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021

Some products can even be glued down and grouted to mimic traditional tile.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2020

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

After the strips first laid had hardened the remaining strips were laid, the edges being grouted to ensure tight joints.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette

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

Just a few blocks from the newer memorials, cracks are appearing in the grouting of a 1995 art installation by the sculptor Martin Puryear.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2021

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