mopping

Example Sentences

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For Katya, a professional events organiser, the parties have stopped - and her world and life have been disrupted following the raid, trial and community service spent mopping hospital floors.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Voting trends show the BJP mopping up more than 44% of the vote this time.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

They are also essential workhorses, often the last to leave at night, after mopping floors and taking out the trash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Grown men are crying and mopping their eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

I kept my eyes on the mopping man and in my head I said, Pineapple.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor