noun
Etymology
Origin of plastering
1375–1425; late Middle English (gerund). See plaster, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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Their candidate, Hannah Spencer, was more than an hour late to meet us after getting stuck in traffic on the way back from a plastering course.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
Since early Thursday, BNP backers started gathering in the capital, plastering the streets with banners and festoons bearing images of Rahman.
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
At home in this milieu, Parker mastered the art of grassroots promotion, of pulling in large crowds by plastering the town with loud, hyperbolic placards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
To say an animal is experiencing a certain feeling is not plastering a human emotion on an inhuman thing.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2025
Then suddenly, WHAM!, the engine started, kicking like a mule and plastering us up against our shoulder straps.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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