wallpaper
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
She texted her sisters pictures of wallpaper options.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
And we knew we would need to tackle a few things: stripping garish wallpaper, repainting, taking the one full bath down to the studs.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Soon after moving in, Johnson papered the walls with vintage wallpaper that perfectly matched the floral print from her childhood home.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
And yes, a fourth-season subplot finds the first gentleman hightailing to London to find some purpose beyond perusing wallpaper swatches.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Her eyes were lost in the nothingness of the wallpaper lilies.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
He raised the roof of the house he inherited; added wings, a porch and a cupola; and selected—along with his wife, Martha—the interior’s paint colors, wallpapers and furniture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
The great outdoors played a significant role in the design of the home, which was outfitted with multiple organic elements, including silk wallpapers, fossil stone floors, and rich wood accents and beams throughout.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 2026
It includes prints, watercolours, ceramics, wallpapers, murals, posters, advertising designs, book illustrations and even a garden bench.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024
“Certain colors get canceled out. You have to think about wallpapers, upholstery and drapery fabric. Those are the big things.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
He sits with Maxine on the fainting couch, leafing through a coffee table book she’d helped to edit on eighteenth-century French wallpapers, one side of the book resting on each of their knees.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Boston Globe’s lead baseball scribe wallpapered the sports section with his Sunday Notes column, providing intelligence from all around Major League Baseball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Common to much of the user-generated content are eerie images and haunting stories of mysterious, yellow wallpapered corridors and empty office-like spaces that exist outside of, or beyond, reality itself.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
He records his first-hand “George Perez Stories” podcast and YouTube videos in a studio wallpapered with every vinyl comedy album he can find.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024
The couple took an easier approach in the second room, wallpapered with an artsy series of sardine cans.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
Like the rest of the theater, it is wallpapered with old posters from shows throughout the history of the playhouse.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
She says the company took her and her colleagues on training courses to learn how to to do DIY, such as painting and wallpapering.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023
These long chains of fractions could stretch out across 15 feet of notebook pages wallpapering his cell.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2023
Within months, Pate, 28, became Green’s partner in wallpapering, her protégé and her best friend.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
Pate said wallpapering with Green never feels like work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
The mural itself had been damaged in spots by all the wallpapering done over it, so she was not able to make out the artist’s signature.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word