plastered

Example Sentences

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Her anguish is shared outside morgues as well as in hospitals, where photos of missing persons are plastered on walls and utility poles, written on handwritten pieces of paper.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

They commit full-throatedly to playing out Misraje’s vision of a Hollywood haunted by the dreamers it’s wronged and the secrets it’s plastered over.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

Sifting through the evidence, jurors put together a timeline on a whiteboard and plastered the walls with sheets of paper covered in notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

During the hottest hours, many retreat to makeshift huts -- frames of sticks draped with coarse homespun cloth, plastered with wild donkey dung.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

After a few minutes I hummed along to Mrs. Smith’s song, a smile plastered on my face.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas