Example Sentences

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“We don’t paint houses here. We are painting the ‘Mona Lisa.’

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2024

The portrait of Bankman-Fried that the prosecution and its witnesses are painting at his trial is much more devious.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2023

The discrepancy may mean nothing, or it may indicate that the G.D.P. statistics are painting too rosy a picture.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2023

His hands are painting with "active brushstrokes" that mimic movement, Mr Manley added.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2023

In each room, peoples are painting or cleaning or ham- mering, and there is much clanging and banging and whooping.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech