plaster

Example Sentences

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Plaster was falling in chunks from the ceilings, windows were missing panes, floors were missing boards, and trees were growing out of the chimneys.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Plaster chemicals have contaminated many of the bones inside the casts, making them difficult to analyze.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 22, 2023

Barclays banker John Plaster, who led the bank's power and utilities group in the Americas, has resigned to join Guggenheim Partners, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2023

Some younger viewers may find the references to Melvin Dummar, cryogenically frozen Walt Disney, the Plaster Casters and “Easy Rider” puzzling.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2023

“It is simply a term. The ceilings would be ten feet high and be adorned with moldings and bosses. Plaster swags.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson