Hoover
Example Sentences
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The house was unlocked, the ironing board was out, the hoover plugged in, washing was hanging on the line outside, the medication she needed for Crohn's disease had been left behind.
From BBC
Not a handful of almonds hoovered over the sink.
From Salon
“For all the news about state budgets and immigration enforcement, people are just hoovering up” all the municipal bonds they can find, said Matt Fabian, president of Municipal Market Analytics.
I’m about to recommend a good hoovering, but the Colonel speaks first.
From Literature
Norwegian CEO Bernt Børnich says NEO is very useful in his own home, busily hoovering and tidying up after his family, which he says is "a mix" of autonomous action and human-operated.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
