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How to use paintbrush in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Paintbrush means a thin brush for applying paint. Example: “You can use the paintbrush this way to run the colors into each other.”

More sentences with paintbrush

  • You can use the paintbrush this way to run the colors into each other.From the entry run into
  • He shows me how to lay off the paint — and moves his paintbrush across the section he had already painted, again and again.From the entry lay off
  • It uses a robotic arm, purchased online and re-programmed, with an attached paintbrush.2025 May 25, Amy Gunia, “This robotic arm is creating traditional Chinese ink paintings”, in CNN. From the entry xuan paper
  • In general, the pastose stroke is broad, such as that produced with a paintbrush.2008 November 1, Marc Seifer, The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis: The Complete Guide to Interpreting Personalities, Detecting…. From the entry pastose
  • Amer’s stitchwork is closer to line drawing and handwriting than to the splashes of a paintbrush.2008 June 20, Karen Rosenberg, “Veiled or Naked: Scrutinizing Women’s Roles”, in New York Times. From the entry stitchwork
  • Oh, and he uses part of his anatomy as his paintbrush!2008 November 20, Solar West, “Sexpo Progress Reports”, in Solar West Public Group (Usenet). From the entry Pricasso
  • But at this point in political time I want augurism through a paintbrush; I want suggestions , not certainties.2006, Calyx - Volume 23, page 43. From the entry augurism
  • Webb and Veikko watched across a meadow of larkspur and Indian paintbrush, and behind them a little creek rushed down the hillside.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 107. From the entry Indian paintbrush
  • It's a very proppy show with thirty chairs, pots and pans to set, paintbrushes, and glasses which need to be washed and cleaned for the café scene.1996, BBC Music Magazine. From the entry proppy
  • Forget-me-not Pass was an alpland filled to overflowing with colorful flower displays: red Indian paintbrush, purple asters, yellow buttercups, and, of course, myriads of blue forgetme-nots.1989, Cyndi Smith, Off the Beaten Track: Women Adventurers and Mountaineers in Western Canada, Waterton Park, Atla.: Coyote Books, →ISBN…. From the entry alpland

Meaning of paintbrush

  1. noun A thin brush for applying paint.

Full definition of paintbrush

Questions about paintbrush in a sentence

How do you use paintbrush in a sentence?
Paintbrush is used as a noun. For example: “You can use the paintbrush this way to run the colors into each other.”
What is a short sentence with paintbrush?
“Oh, and he uses part of his anatomy as his paintbrush!”
What does paintbrush mean?
Paintbrush means a thin brush for applying paint.

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