How to Use "Wall" with Example Sentences

wall (n): a side of a room or building

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Used with adjectives:

"The dog jumped over the tall wall."
(tall, high, low, short)

"The apartment has thin walls."
(thin, thick)

"We want to hang pictures on the bare wall."
(bare, blank)

"We are going to paint the interior walls."
(interior, exterior)

"The old building has brick walls."
(brick, concrete, stone)

Used with verbs:

"The carpenters put up the walls this morning."
(put up, built)

"The bulldozer destroyed the walls of the building."
(destroyed, knocked down, demolished)

"We painted her bedroom walls."
(painted, wallpapered, decorated)

"The robber climbed over the wall."
(climbed, jumped)

"He leaned against the wall."
(leaned against, faced)

"The walls fell during the earthquake."
(fell, collapsed)

"The wall separated the dining room and the kitchen."
(separated)

Used with prepositions:

"He leaned against the wall."
(against)

"She hid behind the wall."
(behind)

"They hung pictures on the wall."
(on)

Used with nouns:

"She adjusted the wall clock."
(clock, light)

"She put up a new wall decoration."
(decoration, covering, hanging, painting)