How to Use paper in a Sentence

paper

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  • Be sure to print the letter on good paper.
  • The border guards asked to see my papers.
  • He scribbled the number on a scrap of paper.
  • We'll need pens, glue, and some paper.
  • The teacher was busy grading papers.
  • She did well on her history paper.
  • They published a landmark paper in 1995.
  • Years passed and not a single fresh sheet of paper got added to the file.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Press the rest of the dough into a round disk on a sheet of parchment paper.
    — Genevieve Ko, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The mom at home had rules and couldn’t cook and stayed up half the night grading papers.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Some — or maybe even all — of the black color should now be in the paper, and your sink should look a lot better.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Then the guide took out a large sheet of white paper and stepped off the trail, shook a bush and dozens of ticks fell out onto the paper.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2023
  • Nestled in neat, pleated paper cups, they were often served warm near the end of the meal.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • The best-qualified candidates on paper may not be the best fit for the job.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2023
  • The band teased the album last month with a cryptic ad in the local paper Hackney Gazette.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Sep. 2023
  • To speed up the ripening, place mangoes in a covered bowl or paper bag.
    — cleveland, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Cut pieces of scrapbook paper into squares, and fold them in half.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Editing one’s own papers is part of the writing process and therefore part of his job.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 9 June 2023
  • Tuesday night, on paper at least, might be their best shot.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • First, paint one side of the fish with sumi ink, place washi paper atop, then use your fingers to press over the surface to make a print.
    — Kaila Yu, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
  • In the new paper, the team looked at their beaks and stylets–internal shells located near their gills.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Roll out on a floured piece of parchment paper to a little thinner than 1/8 inch.
    — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Pieces of junk — jars, paper scraps, ticket stubs, a nail — are labeled and neatly displayed on the walls.
    — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
  • From pen to paper to film, five standout original songs are now on their way to the Oscars.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Our Downwind Drop Point breezed through 20 inches of sisal rope and kept shaving paper through 16 of those cuts.
    — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The book text appears on a white background that’s meant to mimic real paper.
    — Tim Chan, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Kate carried their towels and snacks in a paper grocery bag.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Cover your presents in kraft paper, and tie them up with a ribbon of your favorite red and green tartan.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2023
  • That’s equivalent to about four sheets of A4 or US letter-size paper.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Now 56% Off $6 at Amazon Notes to friends, reminders and doodles are way more fun when they're done on small squares of scratch-art paper.
    — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2023
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  • The Death of Elvis Bathroom is papered with stories of the King’s demise.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Don’t paper the halls with the news just yet, but a return to Scranton may be in the cards for NBC.
    — Dan Snierson, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The walls are papered with prayers and more letters, more faces and names of dead women and girls, and so are the glass doors.
    — Rosa Lyster, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Two large walls in the gallery are papered with photo murals of the artist's studio in Berlin.
    — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Don’t try to paper it over like a moldy wall in a Starbucks bathroom.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2021
  • So, take a pen to paper and write down all your fears and anxieties.
    — Seventeen Editors, Seventeen, 7 July 2021
  • This meeting was not papered in the US press (big surprise...).
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The shoreline along the river is papered with autumn leaves and some of the brightest foliage around.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
  • In one corner of her studio, the wall is papered with black-and-white printouts of the work of other artists in what amounts to a sort of shrine.
    — Merrell Hambleton, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Some walls in the studio are papered to the ceiling with her costume sketches.
    — Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The walls were papered with pages from the October issue, Ms. Moonves’s first as the editor in chief.
    — Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Three weeks for those who paper file with direct deposit.
    — Sarah Foster, Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The master bedroom is papered with Chinese country scenes in aqua and white.
    — Sally A. Downey, Philly.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The Daily Mail owners buy climate change, so why doesn't paper?
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2011
  • Roque withdrew the court papers three weeks after filing them.
    — Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • If Congressman Kennedy is willing to whack the Speaker over the head with the gospels, then the cracks are becoming harder to paper over.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 9 Mar. 2017
  • And the way the home is papered and painted is a reflection of Barbara’s love of light, bright rooms and the bright colors found in Latin America.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2018
  • But in recent days, the two powers have started to paper over some of those differences.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 6 Aug. 2017
  • The floor of the Grand Palais was strewn with browning, fallen leaves and tufts of moss, and surrounded by walls papered with pictures of a bare-limbed forest.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Brush a few more coats of decoupage medium over papered table to seal surface.
    — Womansday.com Staff, Woman's Day, 26 Mar. 2010
  • Discover a landscape of ridges and valleys papered with the vibrant colors of the season.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Murphy did not name names and Rylov, who was sitting next to him during the press conference, tried to paper the remark over.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2021
  • By Wednesday morning, the glass door was papered, and the restaurant's telephone number removed.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Sophie Turner is turned off by the weight loss drug ads papering the New York City subway system.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Everything from altars to statues to paper goods to tea, all of our huge collections, carts and carts full of goods, just wheeling it with a hand truck.
    — Eva Hagberg, Curbed, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The walls are papered with thousands of vintage photographs of servicemen and women, the sons and daughters of a great nation.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2018
  • Bad people give away money, if only to paper their badness.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 21 July 2021
  • During his college years, Russ Shubert’s bedroom was papered floor-to-ceiling with U2 posters.
    — Diane Bell, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Warm, ivory-colored painted trim throughout the house creates a thread of consistency, and most of the walls are painted or papered either cream or a soft celadon green.
    — Carolyn Weber, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
  • The women walked past a bulletin board papered with classified ads for housing programs and apartment rentals.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017

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