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[ US /ˈpɫæstɝɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /plˈɑːstəɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the application of plaster

How To Use plastering In A Sentence

  • Candidates have been omnipotent as they vie for a place in the electorate's heart, or alternatively annoy a lot of people by plastering campus with publicity.
  • When a group of natives have been robbed of them by thoughtless white men and have found the sacred store-house empty, they have tried to kill the traitor who betrayed the hallowed spot to the strangers, and have remained in camp for a fortnight weeping and wailing for the loss and plastering themselves with pipeclay, which is their token of mourning for the dead. [ The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia
  • Soon we found ourselves teaching tinsmithing, plastering and painting. Tuskegee: A Retrospect and Prospect
  • The floor of the State dining-room, while not showing settlement, was so insufficiently supported as to cause the dishes on the sideboards to rattle when the waiters were serving, and the plastering below was badly cracked from excessive vibration. Inside the White House | Edwardian Promenade
  • With extraordinary promotional finesse, Buffalo Bill's Wild West heightened anticipatory excitement by plastering its tour route with colorful posters announcing upcoming show dates.
  • The keep-fit addict said: "McDonalds restaurants use 100 per cent British beef, are cutting back hugely on salt levels, are promoting salads in all of its restaurants, and are plastering its packaging with nutritional information. Where's the beef?
  • Sainsburys really got behind Comic Relief, plastering their stores in red noses.
  • Outside the cinema, a man on a ladder was plastering an advertisement for a film on top of the old notice.
  • He loved the song and danced it exuberantly, perspiration plastering his bangs across his forehead and sending his glasses sliding down to the tip of his nose.
  • However, the task will probably mean that the affected walls will need replastering, repainting, or wallpapering once the new plaster boards have been fitted.
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