flushing

Example Sentences

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Monitoring the brain’s self-regulation and maintenance functions, like this fluid flushing, are opportunities for new diagnostic tools and avenues for treatment, Nedergaard said.

From The Wall Street Journal

We’ve only lived with Aunt Melissa for one week, but I already know the trick for flushing the upstairs toilet, which bowls can go in the microwave, and how to jiggle the lock on the back door.

From Literature

This Manscaped ad ends with a dude flushing his recently shaved chest hair down the toilet, immediately making the company a sworn enemy of plumbers and landlords nationwide.

From Slate

Then there’s my most valuable player: New England receiver, Mack Hollins, who spends most of his non-football life walking around barefoot and posts very useful home maintenance videos about rituals like cleaning the air condenser and flushing the water heater.

From The Wall Street Journal

He almost pulled the flushing handle.

From Literature