How to Use drywall in a Sentence

drywall

noun

• Two of the students will focus on framing and drywall jobs and two will work on concrete parking garages.
  — Caylor Nuth, Ramona Sentinel, 5 June 2019
• First, test a wallpaper seam with the tip of a metal putty knife, taking care not to gouge the drywall with the knife.
  — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 7 June 2019
• Mattresses, couches, tables, golf clubs, washing machines, long shards of wood and drywall—the piles still lined the streets.
  — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
• Jones would grab a sledgehammer to knock down drywall himself when opening new classrooms or after-school programs.
  — Katherine Fitzgerald, azcentral, 15 July 2019
• Among the design variations are concrete ceilings on the sixth and seventh floors, and drywall ceilings on the fifth and eighth floors.
  — Pamela Dittmer McKuen, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2019
• All in all, doing battle in the July garden can be about as much fun as hanging drywall in a basement bathroom.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 19 July 2019
• Crews have also installed drywall, sanded and primed in the library and surrounding classrooms.
  — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2019
• That room was the heart of the house, pumping life into its sagging stairways and flaking drywall, and making up for its alarming electrical issues.
  — Aimée Lutkin, Curbed, 6 June 2019
• Dakota is installing drywall by day and attending political events by evening, hoping to make contacts and raise awareness.
  — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
• Condo insurance covers possessions and some structural elements, such as drywall in the unit.
  — Janna Herron, USA TODAY, 11 July 2019
• On Tuesday, July 9, police found one bullet in the indoor drywall of the one-story house, according to the police report.
  — Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati.com, 17 July 2019
• A month earlier, Contreras had to dump an entire load of recycling into the landfill because someone put paint and drywall material into their bin.
  — Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2019
• The drywall absorbs so much of the first paint layer that the next coat can’t grip well.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
• Some of the chalkboards were also saved, framed by the new drywall.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
• Crack off the piece of drywall and cut the paper on the other side to release it.
  — Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2023
• Gunfire bullet went through the drywall and struck him twice in the leg.
  — Deanese Williams-Harris, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2021
• In his garage, the rats use a big gap in the drywall from a recent plumbing leak.
  — Amanda Morris, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2021
• The city pointed to increases in the cost of steel and drywall.
  — Kaitlin Lange, Indianapolis Star, 3 Feb. 2020
• In its place, a shallow drywall surround in the same light gray as the rest of the room is the anchor.
  — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2019
• The first step in painting new, bare drywall is to clean the surface with a damp cloth.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 18 Dec. 2020
• The dog hit on an area of drywall and some carpet that had been removed from the home.
  — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2024
• There is not a square inch of drywall in the entire structure.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
• Then, cover the arch frame in drywall and use the joint compound to patch and clean up any seams and edges.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 2 June 2023
• The house is full of rotting wood, moldy drywall, and cobwebs.
  — Blythe Roberson, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2023
• At spots, crews had to remove drywall to get to the flames, as well as take down most of the home’s ceilings.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2022
• Out went the drywall and in came tongue-and-groove pine paneling.
  — Rhonda Reinhart, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2022
• Legs too long, arms spilling to the carpet, knuckles bruised in the same pattern as a hole in the drywall.
  — Camille T. Dungy, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
• The woman on top of Logue wriggled herself free and pushed through a crack in the drywall.
  — courier-journal.com, 15 Dec. 2021
• To build mass, Clark adds layers of drywall to walls, which can block sound.
  — Gabe Bullard, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• The company taking care of the cleanup says the next step is to use fans for four days straight to dry out the floor and drywall.
  — Kody Fisher and Jared Goffinet, The Enquirer, 2 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024