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verb

past tense of plaster

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Recent Examples of plastered
Verb
The front door opens to living and dining rooms with high ceilings, which have been re-plastered. oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2022 Invoices filed with the city of Phoenix record Coze ordered more than 10 gallons of glue to hold the mural solidly in place on the plastered wall of Terminal 2. Melissa Yeager, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2021 Hidden behind a blank wall of plastered concrete, the building turns its back to the street, unveiling itself through a sequence of passages and stairwells that open into spaces of vivid austerity. New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021 The film’s gorgeousness can occasionally get a bit coffee-table bookish, with pages turning to show you yet another plastered room lit by astonishing mountain light. Helen Shaw, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2021 See All Example Sentences for plastered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plastered
Adjective
  • And maybe a little drunk and sick from all that oily food and crappy wine.
    Helen Schulman, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
  • But try bouncing from a pop star version of 1500s English queen Anne Boleyn to a drunk 1985 housewife to a lusty 1955 teenager.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 22 June 2025
Verb
  • Anthony nailed the performance and never looked back as his music career took off, Tony said.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The Ferrari driver nailed his start from pole and dominated the end of the sprint race in what was an impressive drive.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Dodgers’ lower-leverage relievers got battered.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Practical steps also include delaying or reducing withdrawals from accounts that are already battered by market fluctuations, said Williams.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Assistant state’s attorneys will assist police in obtaining search warrants to conduct blood, breath or urine tests on people who are stopped on suspicion of drunken driving and refuse to submit to testing as required by Illinois law, the release said.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • In a stunning decision, the jury in her retrial voted unanimously to only convict Read of drunken driving sparing her any jail time.
    Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • The president has also frequently posted about Woods on Truth Social, especially when the golfer made comebacks from injury.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
  • On March 11, according to a screenshot shared with JTA, one group member posted a message that appeared to endorse Garfunkel’s petition but also raised questions about it.
    Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Higher education continues to be buffeted by changes in the way American families view college educations.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • This cable remarked how quickly Carter, as president, had become buffeted by problems that, ironically, emerged from those very forces that brought him into office.
    Russell L. Riley / Made by History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But unfortunately, indulging too much in fried foods will trigger your cortisol.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 25 June 2025
  • Those two disparate memories become a bowl of Venetian-style risotto with a small mound of rock crab meat sourced from that same crabbing boat and a fried egg espuma in the middle.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • What To Know Between 12 and 24 inches of heavy wet snow are forecast to fall on the East Glacier Park region above 6,000 feet, and up to 6 inches below that altitude.
    Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • Of course, be mindful of where cords are running to prevent them from getting wet during our frequent spring and summer showers.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 20 June 2025

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“Plastered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plastered. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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