Example sentences for: papering

How can you use “papering” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Dad's been injured, sure, but his pride is intact, his love for his son papering over his shortcomings as a coach.

  • An editorial slams Clinton's budget for papering over the entitlement crisis with "rosy scenarios."

  • USA Today says that while papering Washington and elsewhere with subpoenas, Kenneth Starr was working to persuade Monica Lewinsky to testify against President Clinton.

  • Nobody pointed out that at Chappaquiddick, unlike Dallas and Los Angeles, the person most responsible for the tragedy was a Kennedy, whereas the victim was not--and that Ted Kennedy's invocation of the family "curse" was a clever way of papering over these differences.


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