plaster over
phrasal verb
plastered over; plastering over; plasters over
: to cover (something) with plaster
We plastered over the holes and cracks in the wall.
Examples of plaster over in a Sentence
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At the end of the day, neither of these women suspected their words would be plastered over the internet for public consumption.
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 23 Jan. 2026
Some lingered there for a while to take down any advertisements that were plastered over it.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Victory in the 2024 FA Cup final plastered over a damaging eighth-place league finish — their lowest in the Premier League at that stage — before defeat in the 2025 Europa League final pushed 2024-25 into further ignominy, having finished 15th.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Dudes gifted enough and clever enough to plaster over the cracks left by Sanders’ coaching staff.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Yellow strokes of plaster over a wall, speckled green vines, a sun splitting into pieces between twenty feet of waving bamboo.
—Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
Ruby is sure that seeing Conrad in person will jog her memory, in a way that having his face plastered over every sign and screen apparently doesn’t.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 May 2025
Even in its haphazard state—with new walls plastered over some of the 1830s brickwork and half-finished hardwood flooring—the Diller Scofidio + Renfro alum could see the potential.
—Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 22 May 2025
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 23 Jan. 2026
Some lingered there for a while to take down any advertisements that were plastered over it.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Victory in the 2024 FA Cup final plastered over a damaging eighth-place league finish — their lowest in the Premier League at that stage — before defeat in the 2025 Europa League final pushed 2024-25 into further ignominy, having finished 15th.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Dudes gifted enough and clever enough to plaster over the cracks left by Sanders’ coaching staff.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Yellow strokes of plaster over a wall, speckled green vines, a sun splitting into pieces between twenty feet of waving bamboo.
—Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
Ruby is sure that seeing Conrad in person will jog her memory, in a way that having his face plastered over every sign and screen apparently doesn’t.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 May 2025
Even in its haphazard state—with new walls plastered over some of the 1830s brickwork and half-finished hardwood flooring—the Diller Scofidio + Renfro alum could see the potential.
—Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 22 May 2025
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“Plaster over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plaster%20over. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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