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wallpaper

[wawl-pay-per] / ˈwɔlˌpeɪ pər /
VERB
paper
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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There would be personality wallpaper in the bathroom, icy sparkling cocktails, very good roast chicken and a bread service so generous it would probably make an accountant nervous.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

She texted her sisters pictures of wallpaper options.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

And we knew we would need to tackle a few things: stripping garish wallpaper, repainting, taking the one full bath down to the studs.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

When they handed the property over, it boasted emerald green walls, a rattan monkey chandelier, and banana-leaf wallpaper.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

It felt narrow and dark with its thick velvet draperies and busy wallpaper.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

He raised the roof of the house he inherited; added wings, a porch and a cupola; and selected—along with his wife, Martha—the interior’s paint colors, wallpapers and furniture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

The great outdoors played a significant role in the design of the home, which was outfitted with multiple organic elements, including silk wallpapers, fossil stone floors, and rich wood accents and beams throughout.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 2026

The popular YouTuber Marques Brownlee has announced he plans to shut down his subscription app for mobile phone wallpapers, Panels.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

“Certain colors get canceled out. You have to think about wallpapers, upholstery and drapery fabric. Those are the big things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

Flames had made their way into the lobby, catching on the thick carpet, on the restored wallpapers, the posters.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

The Boston Globe’s lead baseball scribe wallpapered the sports section with his Sunday Notes column, providing intelligence from all around Major League Baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Common to much of the user-generated content are eerie images and haunting stories of mysterious, yellow wallpapered corridors and empty office-like spaces that exist outside of, or beyond, reality itself.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

He records his first-hand “George Perez Stories” podcast and YouTube videos in a studio wallpapered with every vinyl comedy album he can find.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024

At Amy Fontaine’s, a cheerfully wallpapered Midtown East watering hole, I ordered the “Mayo-nog” with trepidation.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2022

Risking injury, my father and Jimmy Papanikolas carried everything up the secret stairway behind the wallpapered door.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Keep in mind: Not all rooms are good candidates for wallpapering.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

She says the company took her and her colleagues on training courses to learn how to to do DIY, such as painting and wallpapering.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023

At the Broad, curator Sarah Loyer has grouped works thematically, virtually wallpapering many of the 10 galleries, floor to ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

These long chains of fractions could stretch out across 15 feet of notebook pages wallpapering his cell.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2023

The mural itself had been damaged in spots by all the wallpapering done over it, so she was not able to make out the artist’s signature.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood


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