How to Use paste in a Sentence

paste

1 of 2 noun
  • Stir the flour and water to a paste.
  • Stir the ingredients to form a paste.
  • The children used paste and construction paper to make Mother's Day cards.
  • Turn the chicken, then use a spoon to smear the skin with the paste.
    Saveur Editors, Saveur, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Use a toothbrush or shoe brush to clean the soles with the paste.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Here, the chili crisp adds zing to a deep, nutty sesame paste sauce.
    Anna Rodriguez, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Add the tomato paste and stir for about 30 seconds to take the raw edge off.
    Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Then apply disc quiet paste to the backside of the pads.
    Jeff Dengate, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Look for it in the spice aisle, or use the same amount of jarred red curry paste (such as Thai Kitchen).
    Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Many are able to nibble on the peanut paste and take sips of water, passing the test.
    Unicef Usa, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Add the fresh spice paste to the oil and stir-fry until light brown and fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
    Nandita Godbole, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Scrub in a circular motion and work the paste into all parts of the pan.
    Jodhaira Rodriguez, Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Do this as many times as necessary to remove all traces of the paste.
    Janece Maze, Country Living, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Add flour and stir until a smooth paste forms, 5-6 minutes.
    Gretchen McKay, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Don’t forget a toothbrush and paste to brush up after a long night in flight.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Allow the paste to sit and penetrate the grout for at least 10 to 15 minutes; longer is fine too.
    Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Continue to stir to make a slurry and cook the tomato paste, about 1 minute.
    Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • This rule includes liquids, aerosols, gels, creams and pastes.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Add the tomato paste, the herbs and the orange peel, the carrots and another large pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper.
    Jamie Schler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The cozy recipe gets a spicy, flavorful tweak from red curry paste.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 July 2023
  • Try our lime-chipotle paste for steak that will earn rave reviews.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Copy and paste is your friend, and there's no problem with pasting in text from other sources.
    David Nield, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Think a jar of local chili paste sounds like a great travel souvenir?
    Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The paste is thicker and richer—so use it in recipes that are vanilla-forward.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
  • After peeling and chopping the root, blitz it with a splash of water in a blender to make a runny paste.
    Romy Gill, Saveur, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Rub all over with herb paste, then tuck thin tip under so pork roasts evenly.
    Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Bins filled with narcotics that were discovered in vats of jalapeño paste.
    Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Full of garden-fresh flavor, these tomatoes are great for stews, sauces, and pastes.
    Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 25 July 2023
  • Put all the other kimchi ingredients in a blender and blitz to a paste.
    Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2023
  • Whenever some paste was needed, a handful would be pulled away, soaked and strained.
    Madhur Jaffrey, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
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paste

2 of 2 verb
  • If not, copy and paste the article in and ask the same question.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Copy and paste from this list of senior year captions and watch the likes roll in.
    Seventeen, 25 July 2022
  • On the front of the card, write your guest's name in calligraphy, and paste the cluster of yarrow next to it.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Add the styling powder to dry hair and then run a dime-sized amount of pomade or paste through the hair to shape it.
    Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 18 Apr. 2023
  • There is a little bit of cut and paste in there, there’s a little bit of collage.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Another cuts and pastes her face next to a noose and a smiley face.
    Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The con artists paste photos of of for-sale items from other websites.
    Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2022
  • Kids can even paste in photos, tickets and more and store the rest in the journal's back pocket.
    Elizabeth Berry, Good Housekeeping, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The tutors paste an image of a word on one side of an index card and spell out the word on the other side.
    Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Please copy and paste your submission in the body of the email, and attach it as either a Word or Google doc.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • No systems or deeds from the past can be copied and pasted into our own time.
    Adam M. Carrington, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Copy and paste is your friend, and there's no problem with pasting in text from other sources.
    David Nield, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Pages from a book about samurai are pasted on a wall in the samurai booth, where a red lamp glows dimly over the table.
    Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Someone got the bright idea to cut and paste everything together as a duet.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Purchase the digital template, then print it out at home to paste, cut and build your costume.
    Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2023
  • If a field calls for something from your résumé, copy and paste it to help both recruiters and screening systems.
    Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • So Gentry followed closely, pasted to his target, as Cal tried to force the two-point pass.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Of all the things to emulate, to copy and paste from the internet, eternal love seems like a pretty good option.
    Isabelle Stillman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Just copy and paste the offending email address into the search bar and batch delete everything that pops up.
    Boone Ashworth Lauren Goode, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2024
  • As of now, the issue tracker has over 420 replies, with some users pasting in log files or uploading pictures of the phone’s screen.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 28 Oct. 2023
  • At the very least, the person starting the text could copy and paste the same message to each of their friends individually.
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The user would cut text from one program into the scrapbook, close the program, open another, and paste the text from the scrapbook.
    IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2023
  • In Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, voters searched for their names on lists pasted on walls.
    Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The Late Show did a supercut of Santos Cameos, cutting and pasting his words to suit their agenda.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Finally, paste black buttons for eyes and dried bunny tail grass tops for horns.
    Blair Donovan, Country Living, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Will, eleven, loved having a big brown beard pasted to his face to play Charles Dickens, but all the other boys wanted to be bad guys, and, to be fair, those were the best roles.
    Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Both texts unfold like a map of the author’s brain, an endless series of copy + paste + light commentary.
    Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Having to give them permission to copy and paste every single time can be a nuisance.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Foaming Clay Cleanser, which operates similar to the soap paste the ancients used.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Late that night, Weschler pasted his fresh photos into a notebook.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2024

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