washbasin

Example Sentences

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I took the washbasin next to him and looked straight at him in the mirror.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2019

They hid under a washbasin for three days surviving on cookies and a bag of pinol, a cornstarch and chocolate powder mixed with water or milk.

From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2018

Instead of traditional boys and girls toilets with partially-enclosed cubicles in a closed off sometimes intimidating space, the academy uses full-enclosed cubicles that open into a public washbasin area.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2017

“The form was the function. It functioned as a washbasin because of the shape.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 16, 2015

But it was some other sound, she knew, that had woken her—a sharp sound, a part of the dream which had drained away, as she woke, like water out of a washbasin.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams