clothesline
Example Sentences
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In even a light breeze the polyester billows, like a bedsheet on a clothesline, providing enough shade for a family.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
After waters rapidly rose in West Sumatra and submerged his home, Meri Osman said he was "swept away by the current" and clung onto a clothesline until he was rescued.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
Inside the Airbnb, he was surprised to find a clothesline instead of a dryer.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
If time was like a clothesline, I wanted to do it for as long as ever.
From Salon • May 22, 2024
Mrs. Baylor thanked her, then got up to take a load of wet clothes out to the clothesline.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
