Sentence examples for spent paint from inspiring English sources

Our findings are supported by similar studies that found high copper and zinc concentrations in spent paint particles from a marine leisure boat maintenance facility in the UK (Singh and Turner 2009a; Turner et al. 2009; Turner 2013; Eklund et al. 2014).

"That day was probably the most powerful day I've ever spent painting," he said.

In the five years she spent painting "Tribute," Ms. Sharrer exhausted more than 200 delicate, "double-zero" paintbrushes.

Or how about a peaceful afternoon spent painting mugs or plates at the Sticky Earth ceramic cafe in Cromer?

"Creating a new agency is not easy to do, and all the effort for that time will be spent painting the walls," one said.

Specks of white paint dotted the lenses of his wire-frame glasses, reminders of a recent day spent painting the plane.

Off-seasons are spent painting, maintaining equipment, ordering stock, attending conventions and trying to divine what the hot plush toy character will be three months in advance.

Almost as if by alchemy, my days are now spent painting portraits of former Secretary of the Treasury, former President of Harvard University, and current Director of the National Economic Council, Lawrence H. Summers.

Instead, time is spent painting an unfailingly generous portrait of a community determined to move on: the signing of exuberant Dutch coach Thomas Rongen nudges everybody forward, while tightly edited match footage highlights the players' improving workrates.

Much of his days are spent painting or writing letters.

Tallies on a white board mark the hours he spent painting each letter — three hours for the "R" in racer, two on the "A".