mopping
Example Sentences
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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
Willy might as well be delivering newspapers or mopping the kitchen floor, so disconnected are his gestures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
Grown men are crying and mopping their eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Fallon said his neighbour has been mopping up inside while he tries to clear water away outside.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
A shadow fell across them and they looked up to see a very bleary-eyed Hagrid, mopping his sweaty face with one of his tablecloth-sized handkerchiefs and beaming down at them.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
