How to Use stencil in a Sentence

stencil

1 of 2 noun

• The walls of the living room had a delicate vine stencil drawn on them.
• Make your own with wood, paint, and stencils.
  — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 28 Apr. 2026
• Pink, first — long and loose across a stencil of a man’s face.
  — Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
• The stencil can be filled with ozone-friendly spray paint or acrylic paint.
  — Vogue, 8 Sep. 2023
• Cut the same-size square from the glitter paper to use as stencil.
  — Sarah Newell, Seventeen, 15 Nov. 2017
• Bus pavement stencils will be installed in the lane next week.
  — oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2019
• Use stencil to punch out design, then lay top pie crust over filling.
  — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 19 July 2021
• The team found a fragmentary hand stencil on the wall.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026
• Start with the base, then reverse the colors to fill in a heart stencil on top.
  — Rebecca Norris, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
• Pave the way for your backyard makeover with a stencil (yes, a stencil).
  — Jody Garlock, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 June 2023
• Then, starting with a little paint at a time, dab paint around the stencil with a foam brush.
  — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2022
• This dog stencil reminds us of some of our favorite furry friends!
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2022
• Some hand stencils are engraved into the wall rather than painted on.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026
• Then, hold to stencil on the apple of your cheek and fill it in with your go-to concealer.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 8 Feb. 2018
• There are straight lines, pictures of animals, groups of dots and hand stencils.
  — NBC News, 22 Feb. 2018
• Place the star stencil just below the middle of the bodice and lightly brush black paint around the edges.
  — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 15 July 2020
• Use paint and alphabet stencils to add the letters to the pumpkins of your choice.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
• The frame dilates and expands in circular and oval stencils around the footage on screen.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2019
• His target, a cardboard stencil of a human body, dangled from an easel across the room.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Aug. 2021
• Using a letter stencil, lightly blot white paint to make one letter on each spoon; let dry.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2022
• Use stencils to carve pawprints and dog bones into pumpkins, and display them by your front door.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
• If using a stencil, trace the design with a large nail to give yourself a head start with the cutting.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 15 Oct. 2020
• One is the title text while the other features a black stencil of a boy and girl, walking hand in hand.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Glamour, 8 July 2018
• Both sturdy and stylish, kids can draw and stencil designs on the helmet, and then erase and start over for a fresh look.
  — ABC News, 14 Dec. 2022
• Decorate with ribbons, tiaras, stencils, paint pens, and more.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
• Affix the arm stencil to the bottom pumpkin with masking tape.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
• From there, get those creative juices flowing, and decorate the globe with stencils and paint.
  — Marlisse Cepeda, Country Living, 8 Nov. 2018
• Choose the right paint that will adhere to the tile’s surface, and customize the look with stencils.
  — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
• Use stencils for an easy DIY, or map out your own design with painter's tape.
  — Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 25 May 2026
• If you're crunched for time, use a stencil and powdered sugar to add a simple fall image to the top of your pie.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Sep. 2020

stencil

2 of 2 verb

• We stenciled the room's walls.
• All were stenciled around the same time with the same pigment.
  — National Geographic, 29 Feb. 2016
• Michelle wore a pale-pink blouse stenciled with water lilies.
  — Jesse Barron, Esquire, 23 Aug. 2017
• The base of the box is stenciled with highlights of Thomas’s life.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2019
• The crates had numbers stencilled on them and were piled to the ceiling.
  — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
• One big trend of the era was stenciling—and Church ran wild with it.
  — Cator Sparks, House Beautiful, 3 May 2019
• Up close, their surfaces look like braille, or code, sometimes stenciled over many times.
  — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2017
• Line 2 large baking sheets with the paper, stenciled side down.
  — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 2 Oct. 2017
• Below it, on a cardboard sign, the new name has been neatly stenciled in red spray paint.
  — Kyra Gurney, miamiherald, 29 Oct. 2017
• The double barrel vault ceiling has stenciled sea shells and arabesques.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• Those words were stenciled behind the mound as well and flashed on the scoreboard throughout the game.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2019
• Just hollow out the pumpkins, then stencil on your designs.
  — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
• Both names are stenciled on the driver and passenger doors of the fightertruck.
  — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Sep. 2017
• Yawkey’s initials are stenciled in Morse code on both edifices.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2018
• Paint or stencil your name or house number on each for a simple but elegant take on a front porch display.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 20 June 2023
• His name was Rodney, and his last name, Smith, was stenciled across the back of his sweatshirt.
  — Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• White polka dots are stenciled onto glass panels lining the front of the building.
  — Motoko Rich, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
• The design can also be found stenciled in gold paint on the walls at Spinning J.
  — Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 23 May 2017
• In another room, customers could take aim at an oversized punching bag stenciled with his face.
  — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 23 June 2023
• Some members depicted oceans while others stenciled outlines of boats on a dock.
  — Sydney Carruth, AZCentral.com, 2 July 2023
• Quotes from famous French citizens are stenciled on the walls throughout.
  — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2018
• Follow the steps below to learn how to stencil a concrete patio for a budget-friendly makeover.
  — Jody Garlock, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 June 2023
• The cabinetry was designed and built by the family's father, while the mother hand-stenciled the walls.
  — Elizabeth Finkelstein, Country Living, 17 Dec. 2017
• One wall is stenciled with a hail of bombs and a helicopter— references to Hawaii’s military ties.
  — Jenna Sauers, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2019
• Someone should stencil that on a plaque so Isa Grullon can add that to the wall in her newspaper office.
  — Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2021
• The Jesus line is written in loose, white block letters; the one about zombies is stenciled neatly onto pale zinc.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Oct. 2022
• These are the faces that appear on placards at protests, the portraits that are stenciled in spray paint, the names that stand for the far more numerous unnamed.
  — Seth Harp, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
• The recovered original floor is stenciled in a blossom pattern that matches a design in the booths.
  — Eric Velasco, AL.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• DeWine's first job was stenciling seed bags, painting fences and loading trucks for the family business.
  — Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati.com, 18 Mar. 2020
• In theory, the craft requires painting a pumpkin, then stenciling numbers to it to show your address.
  — Danielle Tullo, House Beautiful, 5 Oct. 2018