paint over

phrasal verb

painted over; painting over; paints over

: to cover (something) with a layer of paint

paint over graffiti

Examples of paint over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In Nevada, there are Jews who have hidden any signs of their faith, painting over the mezuzahs that hang outside their homes. —

David Oliver, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024 Catalino Bravo wears the face of a clown, white paint over his black skin, a nose daubed red. —

Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024 In 2021, a pair of scientists recreated a Santiago Rusiñol landscape that Pablo Picasso had painted over. —

Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024 Kent Twitchell invoked both of these laws in a lawsuit after his mural of fellow artist Ed Ruscha was painted over in 2006. —

Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024 Unfortunately, the curious onlookers kept accidentally activating a security light, and the building’s frustrated owner had the artwork painted over in black. —

Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024 An examination of the home revealed that several security cameras were visible around the property, some of which had been painted over. —

Peter Aitken, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2024 City workers painted over the names on the anti-monument. —

Luis Antonio Rojas, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024 The bare-metal rebuild respected the original color scheme of Rosso Cina paint over a Bianco Molitan leather interior. —

Robert Ross, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2024

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