paintwork
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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As with good paintwork, much of the cost is in the prep.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024
“The impatience of the paintwork juxtaposed against the permanence conveyed by the representation of decay is a backdoor way to capture the graffiti impulse and make sure it’s never erased.”
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2020
The impatience of the paintwork juxtaposed against the permanence conveyed by the representation of decay is a backdoor way to capture the graffiti impulse and make sure it’s never erased.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2020
The 56-year-old spends years tracking down relics before "bringing them back to life" as "working art" by revamping the electrics and intricate paintwork.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2019
Moving against the flow, and now trying to edge round this same corner, was a column of armored cars, the paintwork untouched by battle, heading south into the German advance.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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