How to Use stucco in a Sentence

stucco

noun
Definition of stucconext
  • The court was lined with stucco, a kind of plaster, and had traces of paint.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024
  • Those events had not stayed within the thick stucco walls of the house.
    — Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
  • Had enough of the heavy brocade and stucco found all around town?
    — Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2021
  • The ripples in the stucco walls are as tactile as Braille.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The room had no molding or stucco, its lines as sharp as the lines of his face when the light was dimmed.
    — Jonas Eika, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Down the hill from the garden, in the center of town, is a white stucco hotel called The White House.
    — Claire Fahy, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The villa's façade glows cream and gold in the evening sun, and white stucco statues peer down.
    — Ros Belford, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The residences were built in a Mediterranean style and with stucco to keep the home cool.
    — Rebecca San Juan, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
  • Most of the houses were close to each other and looked the same—stucco clad in aluminum.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The plan also includes a new pool and 630-square-foot stucco pool house.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The shiny silver blade, cutting through the center of the façade, curled back sheets of gray stucco on both sides.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
  • Holes marred the front door, while others littered the white stucco around the front windows.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 July 2023
  • The stucco and wood structure is on a narrow lot on a winding street.
    — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Gatti-Taylor has repaired the stucco of her home and likes to do house projects.
    — Arlene Becker, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The house had been covered with vines, which were damaging the stucco.
    — Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
  • Inside, echoes of Brazilian jazz bounce off the stucco walls.
    — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The homes are large, often made of stucco and have parlors, sun rooms and living rooms.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Other sections of the house are clad in Cor-teen steel and hand-troweled stucco.
    — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Plans initially called for it to be sheathed in stucco.
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • The laundry nook now had floorboards that looked warped and the stucco on the ceiling was punctured from the water.
    — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2021
  • But here, the stucco walls have clean, crisp corners rather than rounded edges.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • The house is modest for Washington: stucco and brick, cozy and cramped.
    — Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
  • At the center sits a stucco ranch house with three bedrooms and three bathrooms in 3,000 square feet.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Dark brown trim highlighted the beige stucco, and a wall of red brick surrounded the garage door.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Both the main house and the guest house feature a cake batter stucco, a style that isn’t seen as much due to the maintenance that comes with it.
    — Lisa Van Loo, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2020
  • The woman’s headscarf, the child’s shirt and the high stucco wall behind them are all in close shades of rose and salmon, set off by the deep green of a window frame.
    — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The right section, which is the kitchen, is a darker gray stucco for contrast, said Dyjak.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022
  • The top story is covered in stucco, the bottom in brick veneer.
    — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Many of the building's original walls are covered by the stucco that cloaks the building today.
    — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • Defined by an angular stucco façade and art glass windows with wood mullions, the home was among the first of Wright’s to feature a flat roof.
    — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 6 Sep. 2024

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