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

Footage obtained by TMZ shows Sweeney climbing up the Hollywood sign to help string up a clothesline of assorted bras across the familiar landmark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Eleven-year-old Arakel is holding his cardboard model of a house with a retractable clothesline.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

“One of the things I did to myself is I didn't want the joke attached to time. If time was like a clothesline, I wanted to do it for as long as ever.”

From Salon • May 22, 2024

Two sets of cotton sheets are taken from the linen closet and washed, then hung to dry on the long clothesline beside the house.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline