Examples of paintbrush in a Sentence
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Painting with Water Think your baby can manage a paintbrush?
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Nicole Harris, Parents, 19 Aug. 2023
For extra flair, accessorize with a paintbrush from the garage and use a paint bucket in place of a trick or treating bag.
—Sarah Zlotnick, Country Living, 20 July 2023
Or look for small pegboards to affix small shelves for pens and pencils, chargers, or paintbrushes and free up precious real estate on the surface of your desk.
—Grace Gallagher, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
Here’s how to set it up: Fill a cup with water, dip in a graspable paintbrush, and give it to your toddler.
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 19 Aug. 2023
Bathrooms are constantly going through one design renaissance after another, faster than Michaelangelo could have grabbed his paintbrush.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
Skateboarding evolved from the toy and sidewalk surfing, to a multi-dimensional self-expression; the skateboard is the paintbrush or guitar.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2023
The 63-year-old was recently spotted climbing his ladder wearing a blonde wig and singing into his paintbrush.
—Jennifer Hassan The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2023
So Porter picked up a paintbrush and began sketching.
—Marisa Spyker, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
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Nicole Harris, Parents, 19 Aug. 2023
For extra flair, accessorize with a paintbrush from the garage and use a paint bucket in place of a trick or treating bag.
—Sarah Zlotnick, Country Living, 20 July 2023
Or look for small pegboards to affix small shelves for pens and pencils, chargers, or paintbrushes and free up precious real estate on the surface of your desk.
—Grace Gallagher, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
Here’s how to set it up: Fill a cup with water, dip in a graspable paintbrush, and give it to your toddler.
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 19 Aug. 2023
Bathrooms are constantly going through one design renaissance after another, faster than Michaelangelo could have grabbed his paintbrush.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
Skateboarding evolved from the toy and sidewalk surfing, to a multi-dimensional self-expression; the skateboard is the paintbrush or guitar.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2023
The 63-year-old was recently spotted climbing his ladder wearing a blonde wig and singing into his paintbrush.
—Jennifer Hassan The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2023
So Porter picked up a paintbrush and began sketching.
—Marisa Spyker, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Paintbrush.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paintbrush. Accessed 24 Sep. 2023.
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paintbrush
noun
paint·brush
ˈpānt-ˌbrəsh 
1
: a brush for applying paint
2
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