How to Use paper in a Sentence

paper

1 of 2 noun
  • Be sure to print the letter on good paper.
  • The border guards asked to see my papers.
  • He scribbled the number on a scrap of paper.
  • We'll need pens, glue, and some paper.
  • The teacher was busy grading papers.
  • She did well on her history paper.
  • They published a landmark paper in 1995.
  • That forced the paper to shut down.
    — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • On paper, that can look like progress.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
  • Those costs don’t stay on paper.
    — Vince Fong, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
  • On paper, there were signs of progress.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • It was filled with blank pieces of paper .
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And on paper, that’s the dream.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But cities don’t live on paper.
    — Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Uhlfelder replied, but not just on paper.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The Knicks look the part on paper.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Read a paper longer than 10 pages?
    — ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2025
  • On paper at least, Maine should be the surest bet.
    — ABC News, 7 June 2026
  • And then the local paper got wind of it.
    — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
  • This team is much better on paper than its record.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Its app icon features a sheet of lined paper.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
  • There was no doctor to sign the papers.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The frontcourt is not as good on paper.
    — Cj Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Cut out a tiny square of paper to write a tiny message on.
    — Amanda Rock, Parents, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Line a rimmed sheet pan with foil or parchment paper.
    — C.w. Cameron, AJC.com, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The dead do not manage their own papers.
    — Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
  • No folder of papers could be left blank.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Alcock has long strived to keep her eyes on her own paper.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Students at the paper are paid for their work.
    — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Line a sheet pan with foil or parchment paper.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2026

paper

2 of 2 verb
  • Put pen to paper for this deal.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 24 May 2026
  • Put pen to paper for this deal.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • Put pen to paper for this deal.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 May 2026
  • Time to put pen to paper on this deal.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Thank you so much for putting pen to paper and wishing me well.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • So, take a pen to paper and write down all your fears and anxieties.
    — Seventeen Editors, Seventeen, 7 July 2021
  • Shedeur-to-Travis papered quite a few cracks the last two seasons.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t try to paper it over like a moldy wall in a Starbucks bathroom.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Roque withdrew the court papers three weeks after filing them.
    — Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • The walls are papered with prayers and more letters, more faces and names of dead women and girls, and so are the glass doors.
    — Rosa Lyster, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Some walls in the studio are papered to the ceiling with her costume sketches.
    — Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • This wooden room was papered with newspaper clippings to keep the heat in.
    — Nathan Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Two large walls in the gallery are papered with photo murals of the artist's studio in Berlin.
    — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 18 Aug. 2017
  • The walls are painted black, with an accent wall papered with ravens, black tree branches and red roses.
    — Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The walls are papered with Venmo codes for donations.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But in recent days, the two powers have started to paper over some of those differences.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 6 Aug. 2017
  • The shoreline along the river is papered with autumn leaves and some of the brightest foliage around.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Putting pen to paper and writing it down is also something that’s very powerful.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The master bedroom is papered with Chinese country scenes in aqua and white.
    — Sally A. Downey, Philly.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The Daily Mail owners buy climate change, so why doesn't paper?
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2011
  • In one corner of her studio, the wall is papered with black-and-white printouts of the work of other artists in what amounts to a sort of shrine.
    — Merrell Hambleton, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The Death of Elvis Bathroom is papered with stories of the King’s demise.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Snorri, as he is known, might well have been committing to paper an oral tradition dating back centuries.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Discover a landscape of ridges and valleys papered with the vibrant colors of the season.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The women walked past a bulletin board papered with classified ads for housing programs and apartment rentals.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Nataliia and Valerii papered the walls in bright patterns and planted cosmos in the front yard.
    — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Recently, Grainge has been putting ink to paper around these priorities.
    — Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Don’t paper the halls with the news just yet, but a return to Scranton may be in the cards for NBC.
    — Dan Snierson, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Murphy did not name names and Rylov, who was sitting next to him during the press conference, tried to paper the remark over.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Its form has evolved over the millennia – from natural objects to coins to paper to digital versions.
    — Chapurukha Kusimba, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2017

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