plaster
noun
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
was plastering
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past progressiveof plaster.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"We saw it all, the fact that he was plastering his face all over the papers, bragging about how he's got out of the country," said Sheradyn.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2022
When theaters in Britain closed in March, “everyone was plastering stuff up on their virtual walls,” said the organization’s chief executive, Fiona Morris, in a Zoom interview.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2020
All of a sudden, it seemed like everyone, including Hillary Clinton’s speechwriter, was plastering the phrase on retail goods and deploying it as a crowd-pleasing add-on in public addresses.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2019
In that marquee race, for the Eastside’s 45th District senate seat, Democrat Manka Dhingra was plastering Republican Jinyoung Lee Englund by double digits.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2017
I would have doubled over in pain, except that his weight was plastering me against my seat.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
