The coating of paint is changed, and the walls neatly papered, which is the only change it has undergone. From Wordnik.com. [Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland] Reference
New mortgages were added to farms already heavily "papered"; even the crops were mortgaged in advance. From Wordnik.com. [The Pit] Reference
The Moscow subway quickly was papered with handbills. From Wordnik.com. [The People Vs. The Plotters] Reference
Marie lies gazing dreamily at the blue-papered ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
Plain broiled or papered chops may be served in this way. From Wordnik.com. [Breakfast Dainties] Reference
In the first place, it was most cheerfully papered and painted. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
But some feared that the good times papered over serious problems. From Wordnik.com. [He Could Run... ...But He Couldn't Hide] Reference
The walls of Monsieur Léger's study were papered in brown silk. From Wordnik.com. [Eclipse] Reference
The walls were richly papered and covered with valuable paintings. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean] Reference
'You've got new stair carpets; the walls are papered quite different. From Wordnik.com. ['Me and Nobbles'] Reference
I papered and painted the first house we owned there until it was perfect. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
The partitions between were of the sham kind -- merely boards papered over. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
He gestured expressively at the star chart papered over one wall of his office. From Wordnik.com. [Citadel] Reference
Such decor does have a suggestion of blankness papered over with borrowed style. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Of Mao Zedong Chic] Reference
Much later, we paused at our separate doors, ten feet of papered wall between us. From Wordnik.com. [Race Wars] Reference
Interservice wrangling may have been papered over at the top, but not in the field. From Wordnik.com. [Air Power Faces Its Biggest Test] Reference
The papered wall, maps, pictures, and furniture all looked familiar; but where am I?. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
He could have papered the entire Meadowlands with trenchant criticisms from my peers. From Wordnik.com. [Eli's Coming] Reference
The former may be decorated in fresco or papered, according to individual taste and means. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
Differences were papered over, as one Dutch governor general said, with "the whip and the club.". From Wordnik.com. [Broken By The Iron Fist] Reference
The walls were papered with the art of children and peppered with bits of forgotten scotch tape. From Wordnik.com. [At the Gates] Reference
His eyes had the sense of having been sand papered and his lips were dry and parched from want of rest. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
Rhee forced the issue, and in the end the rules were changed rather than papered over with half-measures. From Wordnik.com. [In D.C. schools, Rhee and Fenty learn that tough reforms bring tougher politics] Reference
The policy differences he papered over -- on trade, taxes and the use of force abroad -- will soon be exposed. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: The Dems' New Math] Reference
The walls are papered with Metallica posters; its sound system is a pair of battered amps and patched-up mikes. From Wordnik.com. [Grozny Live] Reference
One of the walls is papered with a mosaic of crotch shots, but they aren't your airbrushed, prettied-up beavers. From Wordnik.com. [Babes in the Bush] Reference
Now she said she would vote against council candidate Craig Rice, who had papered her mailbox with 10 separate mailings. From Wordnik.com. [Live blog: Maryland Primary Day 2010 night -- Committed volunteers, scant turnout] Reference
In the past, the Big Seven economic summit might have produced a vague communique that papered over the farm-subsidy deadlock. From Wordnik.com. [Now, The Task Is 'Economic Containment'] Reference
Here in the dining room, he says with a wave, he papered the walls with giant 20 - by 23-inch Post-its, covered with his notes. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution Of An Eco-Prophet] Reference
Sonnen's anecdotes have amused and inflated the bout to a new level of intrigue, but have also papered over cracks in his own arsenal. From Wordnik.com. [Elliot Worsell: The Method in Chael Sonnen's Madness] Reference
Though Lay and Enron had papered Congress with donations to Republicans and Democrats alike, six committees were planning to investigate. From Wordnik.com. [Lights Out: Enron's Failed Power Play] Reference
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