- present participle of paste.
pasting
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Doctors, nurses and patients were pasting reflective sheets onto the windows to keep out the sun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
A pasting at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain might have coloured their last European campaign but Inter got to that final by seeing off Bayern Munich and Barcelona in epic knockout ties.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
While pasting the new “Virgencita” poster, she notices an older one of hers to the left — a portrait of transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson — hanging half ripped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
In Rome they romped to a 4-0 lead on the first morning by delivering an alternate shot pasting that the US never recovered from.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025
Francie was sitting at the kitchen table pasting poems in old notebooks.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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