How to Use paint over in a Sentence

paint over

phrasal verb
Definition of paint overnext
  • The eggshell walls painted over and over and over again.
    — Diana Ruzova, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • Any spillover paint was painted over with opaque white.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 July 2023
  • Catalino Bravo wears the face of a clown, white paint over his black skin, a nose daubed red.
    — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Her breasts are painted over with two pink daisies, which could be read as a bikini or pasties.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In Nevada, there are Jews who have hidden any signs of their faith, painting over the mezuzahs that hang outside their homes.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
  • To prevent the new color from bleeding through, paint over the tape with the original wall color first.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • City workers painted over the names on the anti-monument.
    — Luis Antonio Rojas, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The artist arrays small pictures, sometimes painted over old books, and often text.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
  • The Johnstons had a gold leaf ceiling applied in the dining room, which another owner in the 1960’s painted over.
    — David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 13 May 2024
  • The Johnstons had a gold-leaf ceiling applied in the dining room, which another owner in the 1960s painted over.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
  • Kent Twitchell invoked both of these laws in a lawsuit after his mural of fellow artist Ed Ruscha was painted over in 2006.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Julio Urias no longer has a locker in the Dodgers’ clubhouse and the team covered up or painted over spots around Dodger Stadium where his image was.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Once all the footage had been edited, production designer James Clyne and his team would paint over the frames and add in the sci-fi aspects afterward.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The Dodgers have given his locker to someone else (Kolten Wong) and covered up or painted over any mural that featured Urías.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The olive green has been painted over with illustrations of colorful sea life.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2024
  • To create a roller heavy enough to push the paint over such a large surface, Marshall added weight plates to a cast-iron roller typically used to install linoleum flooring.
    — Kerry James Marshall, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Offending portions of the painting were soon painted over.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 25 July 2023
  • Each piece was made of a composite and painted over with a delicate veined marble design.
    — Elle Decor Editors, ELLE Decor, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Video taken from inside the gallery Wednesday afternoon showed two men spraying pink paint over the portrait of the new monarch, which was commissioned in 2018.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 27 July 2023
  • While sandblasting paint from the iron gates on the mansion’s front door, workers discovered gold gilding that had been painted over for decades.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The couple are especially fond of the cozy woodsy tones, which many people might paint over to suit today's proclivity for white trim.
    — Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Two large murals that featured Urías prominently at the loge-level entrances in left field and right field were covered or painted over.
    — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The artist's father purchased the property in 1859 and allowed his son to experiment liberally in the space with his brushes and paints over the decade.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The monument was defaced in 2019, when vandals painted over its window.
    — Katharina Schuster, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The government erased or painted over the graffiti, but protesters came back with new images and messages.
    — Pouya Afshar, The Conversation, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Six-year-old Rowdy Campbell rode on his father’s shoulders, a basketball painted over his cheek.
    — Kylie Volavongsa, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2024
  • The design included a black solid base that was painted over with metallic flowers and mini Chanel logos.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
  • Each of her fingernails was painted over with a different tie-dye design, and were all ornamented with the 3D chrome effect.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The one-story building isn't very big but has an oversize presence, thanks in part to its flashy appearance: Bright green palm trees are painted over the banana-yellow base on its facade.
    — Mike Jordan, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Whitewashed, and spray painted, again Then, by Monday early morning, all the graffiti had vanished, painted over in white.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 8 Aug. 2023

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