paste
noun
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
were pasting
-
past progressiveof paste.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Doctors, nurses and patients were pasting reflective sheets onto the windows to keep out the sun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
They were pasting a huge colored poster to a signboard.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
These they were pasting together like rolls of tape, the coloured edges of the paper forming concentric patterns on the resultant discs—an infinite labour.
From African Camp Fires by Stewart Edward White
In the halls they were pasting up bulletins:
From Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed
The electric signs were pasting lurid legends on a long suffering sky; the taxis were spraying throats with gasoline; the traffic cop at Broadway and Forty-second Street was madly earning his pay.
From Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers
