spray paint
Example Sentences
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After getting out a few cans of spray paint, something drew him to the manhole cover in the street.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
The paint congeals and my spray paint spits out; it doesn't flow smoothly because it's frozen.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025
Most of the city’s “no stopping any time” street signs and “no trespassing” placards have been knocked down or tagged with spray paint.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024
In another part of the video taken at night, he is seen apparently urinating on the pillar and using spray paint to write “toilet” in English.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
Both were blacked out with matte spray paint.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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