scrubbing

Example Sentences

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Embassy, which had been closed since 2019, workers have been scrubbing mold, rolling out fresh wall-to-wall carpeting and installing new air conditioning units.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

But I’d say seven to ten minutes of my 15-minute reset is, almost always, spent sudsing and scrubbing.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

A common industrial approach, aqueous amine scrubbing, requires heating large amounts of liquid to temperatures above 100 °C to release the captured CO2 and reuse the solution.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

She is so busy scrubbing coffee cups and baby butts that she forgets that most precious piece of metal, her wedding ring.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

Dad drops the bowl he was scrubbing back into the sink, wipes his hands on a towel.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz