How to Use spray paint in a Sentence

spray paint

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  • Give a few pinecones a light coat of white spray paint and let dry.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
  • On the front seat was a white smiley face drawn with spray paint.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Shattered glass and the name Cyrus in spray paint can be seen on the outside of the store in the photos.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
  • And that’s just the spray paint and marker ones—some were even more fleeting.
    — Hazlitt, 6 July 2022
  • At one point, the victim got ahold of the spray paint and painted Winston’s face, too.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The stencil can be filled with ozone-friendly spray paint or acrylic paint.
    — Vogue, 8 Sep. 2023
  • His home had been vandalized with black spray paint and eggs over the weekend.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Someone painted a racial slur and swastikas on his red Ford Mustang in black spray paint.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Ahead of the Grammy Awards held at Crypto.com Arena, dozens of floors of the skyscraper were tagged with colorful spray paint.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The outside of the gas station also was vandalized with spray paint, Lott said.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
  • Take two hula hoops and transform them with copper spray paint.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
  • While the lines are sharp on features like the lips and eyes, the hair and other details are blurred with spray paint, adding a layer of softness to each portrait.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The burglars also used spray paint in their efforts to break into homes, police said.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Along the way, the team also performed a chemical analysis of the spray paint pigments.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Moy reported one side of the street-facing sign att 1490 Broadway was defaced with black spray paint.
    — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2023
  • Separate half the magnolia branches and paint them with two coats of metallic gold spray paint.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The 2017 work—made with spray paint on canvas—displays a man setting up to throw a bouquet of flowers across three various-sized frames.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Cut out the cat silhouettes on medium-density fiberboard and spray paint them black.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Creators then choose a spray paint color, often opting for classic shades like black, white, silver, or gold, to give the hula hoops a fresh look.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Surveillance video shows a man in a light-colored hoodie and dark pants and Nikes shaking a can of spray paint inside the bar before any damage was done.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • To make: Apply a few even layers of silver spray paint to nine plastic skeleton hands (available at dollar stores).
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The Descendants alum paired the gorgeous blouse with baggy Y/Project cargo jeans with matching blue spray paint and a super high-waisted fit.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Create a color-block effect by portioning off a section of the planter with masking tape, then add color with spray paint.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2023
  • How to spray paint just about anything Hoffman offers another tip to improve your floor’s chances of holding up.
    — Annie Midori Atherton, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The people who spread racist ideas online, in person, or with a can of spray paint won’t suddenly stop spewing their hatred, Kelley said.
    — Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • An officer located the swastika, which was painted with white spray paint and about 15 inches long.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The video shows a person with a mustache and wearing a stocking cap covering images of Robeson with silver spray paint.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Add more emphasis to metal numbers by mounting them on a piece of wood, or add a colorful background with spray paint.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Video footage shows four people approaching the lighthouse and its buildings at 8:43 p.m. Wednesday, and one of the people was carrying a can of spray paint, police said.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 20 June 2023
  • Gold spray paint at the scene of a deadly Indianapolis shooting led police to an arrest in a homicide case Thursday.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
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spray-paint

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  • Then, spray-paint the pumpkins to achieve the candy corn look.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Salmon said Lester has been forced to live away from his home, which has been egged and spray-painted.
    — USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • Tape off and spray-paint a stripe, if desired. Create a memo board out of an old sign.
    — Laurren Welch, Country Living, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Salmon has said that Lester's home was egged and spray-painted after the shooting.
    — CBS News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Salmon has said that Lester’s home was egged and spray-painted after the shooting.
    — Heather Hollingsworth, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • On the rear seat, someone had spray-painted a swastika.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Salmon has said Lester’s home was egged and spray-painted after the shooting.
    — Heather Hollingsworth, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Around noon, a young man from Hong Kong arrived with a bag of spray-paint and daubed the first new graffiti on the white wall.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Purchase a fir wreath and spray-paint it lightly and evenly with white paint.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
  • One bar had been bashed in with a hammer while all the TVs were spray-painted with graffiti.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Coat a plastic plant saucer (ours is 13 inches; size up as needed) with blue spray-paint.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 30 July 2023
  • Someone spray-painted the restroom walls and damaged a sink.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Some of the phrases spray-painted on the vehicles were anti-Black slurs.
    — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Cyrus Carmack-Belton's name was spray-painted on the facade of the store.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 30 May 2023
  • Rather than labeled, each bottle is spray-painted in a homage to the city’s graffiti.
    — Malaika Ng Julia Berick Kate Guadagnino Jameson Montgomery Jinnie Lee Monica Mendal, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In June, seven swastikas were found spray-painted in a Clifton park between two Jewish schools.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The word agape — referencing the highest form of love, according to the ancient Greeks — is even spray-painted across a wall in the billiard room.
    — Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Mounds of bikes, some stripped down to component parts, others freshly spray-painted.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023
  • As the store approached its opening date, one of her sons, Pax, helped spray-paint the Atelier Jolie logo onto a canvas draping the doorway.
    — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Attendees at his show spray-painted a wedding dress, creating their own work of art.
    — Ivy Manners, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The artist came to her with an idea inspired by Alexander McQueen’s iconic runway moment of two robots spray-painting a dress.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
  • In December, a racial epithet was spray-painted on the home of a star high school quarterback in Allen, prompting the family to change schools.
    — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Unfortunately, some also spray-paint the rocks, which is more difficult to clear away.
    — Robert Annis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Words and drawings were spray-painted on other pieces of public and private property.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • This hate crime comes just days after surveillance video captured a suspect spray-painting a swastika on a wall of the Arch Street memorial over the weekend.
    — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Authorities believe Perkins disguised the car's bumper by spray-painting it and taking off a bumper sticker.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Around the same time, police were alerted to more instances where racist graffiti was spray-painted on property in the Bristol County city.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
  • While several protesters held a banner outside, others spray-painted the building and climbed on the roof holding smoke bombs.
    — David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Bluer also is accused of spray-painting swastikas, a racist slur, symbols and other graffiti on a public bathroom at Trombly Park in Warren.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
  • In September, a swastika and antisemitic slurs were spray-painted on the sidewalk outside of a Jewish sorority house.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2023

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