How to Use green paper in a Sentence

green paper

noun
  • There is a wooden bowl, sent by a local church and filled with green paper cut in the shape of leaves, each one bearing a message of comfort.
    Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Then, place neon green paper inside to really send the message home.
    Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Next, cut stems and leaves from green paper and form them—with the liners—into picture blossoms on a cardstock background.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Wrapping Christmas gifts with red and green paper is truly classic—but there's something to be said about going a little out of the box.
    Sanah Faroke, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Large red flowers had been affixed to a basketball hoop behind the stage, with chains of red and green paper streaming down to a platform lined with potted poinsettias and small pine trees.
    Hannah Leone, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • During the cultural celebration, which starts on Dec. 26 and ends Jan. 1, the place is buzzing with energy from dancing to African instruments to making crafts with red, black and green paper.
    Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 30 Dec. 2017
  • His brother-in-law is allergic to real trees, so the family set up what Harman described as a really bad fake — the kind with shredded green paper on stick branches.
    Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Last weekend, her parents taped green paper for a screen on a wall behind their kitchen island, and Jonny sat in front of her computer, acting out her part without ever laying eyes on Joseph.
    Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Under the tang of hot lye and smeared ink, not more than a thousand copies of Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei were jammed between cheap green paper covers in February 1848.
    James Robins, The New Republic, 19 Jan. 2023
  • A few minutes later, the line of around 600 cars started moving, trunks popped open, and volunteers started loading provisions for the number of children written on green paper displayed through the windshield.
    al, 15 Apr. 2020
  • The first of four timed confetti cannons explode, shooting handmade pieces of yellow and green paper into the air before falling like snow, creating the dreamlike experience Mr. Miguel had wanted.
    Alix Strauss, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Stacks of green paper accumulated, detailing hundreds of enforcement matters on which the agency was powerless to act.
    New York Times, 18 May 2020

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