Example Sentences
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Or the installers might have troweled on a floor-leveling compound but failed to smooth it.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2022
At other times he carved into the layers of paint he had troweled on, like mortar between bricks or frosting on cakes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2017
The plaster was troweled directly onto the brick walls, making removal difficult.
From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2016
So thickly is this dysfunctional dynamic troweled on to the opening episodes that it not only feels fake, but oppressive.
From The Guardian • Nov. 2, 2015
He mixed the cement and troweled over the hole.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
