wallpaper
Example Sentences
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Both hospice and inspiration, it’s a stifling place decorated with floral wallpaper and crucifixes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
I decorated our little library with a lovely pink crushed-velvet couch and wallpaper peppered with squirrels, purple clover and bees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Broadly ignored for three years and 50 weeks, it registers in the wider public attention when the Olympics comes round, but as little more than wallpaper filling the gaps between the more exciting winter sports.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
He is a self-confessed Cristiano Ronaldo fan, has a wallpaper of the football icon on his phone and often celebrates his wickets with his idol's famous "Siu" celebration.
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
Jennifer keeps offering to buy me new furniture, and paint or put up wallpaper.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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