Example Sentences

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This trick comes from an idea she’s had stenciled out for a while.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2022

Now, walking through the house, Lisa ran her fingers across the dark-blue leaves she had stenciled on the wall of the bedroom she had shared with her husband for more than a decade.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2021

On the street, someone had stenciled graffiti that read, “Basta de travesticidios,” or “Enough transgendercide.”

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2015

Most people don�t know the fact the Enola Gay had stenciled on its nose the names of just the nine crew members, the normal crew members.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead of their own names, the jockeys had stenciled the names of Howard’s horses on the back.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand