wallpaper
Example Sentences
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I decorated our little library with a lovely pink crushed-velvet couch and wallpaper peppered with squirrels, purple clover and bees.
The inside of the house wasn’t as rough as the outside, but it wasn’t in good shape, either, with faded wallpaper, dry hardwood floors, and ancient light fixtures.
From Literature
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It felt narrow and dark with its thick velvet draperies and busy wallpaper.
From Literature
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There’s even vinyl wallpaper in the photo booth.
From Los Angeles Times
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
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