soaping

Example Sentences

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He worked six days a week, hosing down cars, soaping them up and vacuuming inside.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025

Set up an assembly line from soaping and scrubbing to rinsing to drying.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Songul Yucesoy carefully washes her dishes, soaping the plates and cutlery before rinsing off the bubbles and laying them out to dry.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2023

Doing it while a shower is running and then soaping up, thus creating a steamy-sudsy environment, would be even better for masking the odors your body produces.

From Slate • May 25, 2020

But there’s a sponge for soaping, a washcloth for rinsing, and a towel for drying.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman