wallpaper
noun
paper, usually with printed decorative patterns in color, for pasting on and covering the walls or ceilings of rooms, hallways, etc.
wallpapered
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past participleof wallpaper.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof wallpaper.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
wallpapernounpaper, usually with printed decorative patterns in color, for pasting on and covering the walls or ceilings of rooms, hallways, etc.
Example Sentences
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The Boston Globe’s lead baseball scribe wallpapered the sports section with his Sunday Notes column, providing intelligence from all around Major League Baseball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Common to much of the user-generated content are eerie images and haunting stories of mysterious, yellow wallpapered corridors and empty office-like spaces that exist outside of, or beyond, reality itself.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
He records his first-hand “George Perez Stories” podcast and YouTube videos in a studio wallpapered with every vinyl comedy album he can find.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024
The dining room has a coffered ceiling, tall wainscoting with wallpapered panels, and a period chandelier and sconces.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2022
Five minutes later, they call him up into a fifth-floor flat wallpapered with a dizzying floral print.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
