How to Use paper over in a Sentence

paper over

verb
  • Turn the paper over and fold the top point down to create a flat head.
    Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Flip the paper over, and use a pin or thumbtack to poke a small hole in the foil.
    Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Flip the paper over, and use a pin or thumbtack to poke a small hole in the foil.
    Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Fold the top half of the parchment paper over the fish and overlap small folds along the open edge to seal.
    Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Glue or tape a round piece of black paper over the top of the tube, and place it over a small flashlight.
    Ruth A. Musgrave, National Geographic, 8 July 2020
  • Start with a cardboard star, and for each spoke, fold plaid paper over the star and cut to fit.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Lay a sheet of brown paper over the wax and place a slightly warm iron on top of the paper.
    Jolie Kerr, CNN Underscored, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Flip the paper over and transfer it to a large baking sheet.
    Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2022
  • Bring two sides of the paper over the fish and tuck under the edges so the fish is completely encased.
    Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Place parchment paper over frozen piecrust, and top with pie weights.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 3 May 2024
  • Fold the paper over one of the longer sides and tuck the corner of the paper underneath itself.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 9 Dec. 2020
  • The girls’ classroom windows were papered over so no one could look in.
    Emily Langer, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
  • Make a pattern of the opening by placing a piece of paper over it and pressing along all the edges.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The Jets have improved their roster on paper over the last two seasons.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024
  • Still, the aspirational talk couldn’t paper over the thorny stuff.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Place a piece of parchment paper over crust in pie plate, leaving a 3-inch overhang.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 2 July 2023
  • Place a piece of parchment paper over crust in pie plate, leaving a 3-inch overhang.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 8 May 2024
  • Simply place a thin piece of paper over top of your leaf or the bark and use a colored pencil or crayon to rub over it.
    Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Murthy papers over this challenge somewhat in his op-ed.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 18 June 2024
  • Fold the paper over the leeks to create a sealed packet, tucking the ends underneath to keep it from opening.
    Charlotte Druckman, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The latest government attempt to paper over the problem, in place since 2018, expires at the end of March.
    Mick Krever, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The work suggests that the propensity for the cleverest AI chatbots to go off the rails isn’t just a quirk that can be papered over with a few simple rules.
    WIRED, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Takeaways have helped paper over some of the unit’s issues, but that’s not a reliable recipe for success.
    Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The news website published a photo of the residence papered over in several places in the front.
    Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • If your labels are showing up as blank, flip the thermal paper over (the printing side matters).
    Wired, 11 July 2022
  • The deep affection of the show for its era is contagious, which helps paper over some of its weaknesses.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The pandemic has helped Intel paper over some of its challenges.
    Asa Fitch, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Place a good quality piece of parchment paper over a macaron template on a half sheet pan.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2023
  • But the episode exposed an underlying rift that cannot be papered over with photos.
    Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Taking two out of three from the near-catastrophic Chicago White Sox over the weekend — and scoring nine runs in less than two innings Sunday — papered over some of the issues that popped up last week.
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2024

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