washed

Example Sentences

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Excrement especially from cattle, as well as fertilisers washed off fields, are real problems for watercourses.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Wind gusts were so strong at Island Bay that two women were knocked off their feet as waves washed up over the road, an AFP journalist saw.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

When I saw the headlines that flames were ravaging Santa Rosa Island, sadness washed over me.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

A wall label informs us that Duchamp, at the 1912 Paris Aviation Show, told Constantin Brancusi: “Painting’s washed up. Who’ll do anything better than that propeller?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Confusion washed over me, and guilt, because he was right again.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse