How do you use the word "repaint" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "repaint": Must I repaint the wall? She's trying to repaint her house.

Repaint Meaning

/ɹiːˈpeɪnt/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo paint anew or again, especially if recently painted.

verbTo draw or render again on the display.

Sentence Examples

Must I repaint the wall?

She's trying to repaint her house.

I think you need to repaint your house.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The kitchen walls need to ____ again after the smoke damage from the fire.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The council decided to ____ the faded road markings before the winter season to improve driver safety.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English paint English repaint From re- + paint (“verb”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Nearly all of their locomotives have never been repainted, which is as much as 24 years in the case of some of the DB Cargo units." — 2022 September 21, “Network News: Freight firms continue repaints on Class 66s”, in RAIL, number 966, page 17:

"To force a window to repaint itself programmatically, you call the inherited Invalidate() method[…]" — 2010, Andrew Troelsen, Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, page 1551:

"More join us at Colwall and at the lovely station at Great Malvern, although the place is in need of some TLC nowadays. The ornate canopy supports are overdue a repaint, and the closed cafe gives the place a forlorn air." — 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:

"WPF will call your OnRender function when it needs to know what content your visual displays, but the way graphics acceleration works in WPF means that this happens far less often than the equivalent repaints in Win32." — 2005, Chris Sells, Ian Griffiths, Programming Windows Presentation Foundation:

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