cloth

Example Sentences

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If something’s sticky or stubborn, let it sit with a damp cloth for a minute before wiping; it saves you from unnecessary scrubbing.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Dana raises a large piece of cloth to give Ilana privacy as she completes the process.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Most famously, Parson Weems invented from whole cloth the story about young Washington taking a hatchet to his father’s cherry tree, then confessing to it.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

"When leaders wear it, it reminds people this cloth is ours," Agboli said.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Now we peered into the small cloth sack she carried.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom