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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The key difference is that the ingredients in this lip balm don’t simply place a temporary plaster over the issue like others.
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Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 21 June 2024
The remaining edges of Entrée du port—which have been authenticated as Cézanne’s by the Société Paul Cézanne—were then plastered over.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
This upswing plasters over potential harm to Meta stock after Zuckerberg, alongside other social media company heads, testified Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the risks their products pose to young people.
—Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
One Kennedy supporter, Kyle Kemper, parked a bus decorated with the candidate's face plastered over it in front of the D.C. hotel where the party convened.
—Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2023
His collage Scorpio Rising (1963), a pastiche of pop songs plastered over homoerotic biker imagery, pulp cartoons, Nazism and paraphernalia, was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in December.
—Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 21 June 2024
The remaining edges of Entrée du port—which have been authenticated as Cézanne’s by the Société Paul Cézanne—were then plastered over.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
This upswing plasters over potential harm to Meta stock after Zuckerberg, alongside other social media company heads, testified Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the risks their products pose to young people.
—Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
One Kennedy supporter, Kyle Kemper, parked a bus decorated with the candidate's face plastered over it in front of the D.C. hotel where the party convened.
—Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2023
His collage Scorpio Rising (1963), a pastiche of pop songs plastered over homoerotic biker imagery, pulp cartoons, Nazism and paraphernalia, was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in December.
—Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
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“Plaster over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plaster%20over. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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