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

The head teacher there at the time, John Peckham, argued that unisex cubicles opening into a public washbasin area would prevent bullying, vandalism and smoking.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2017

He was eighty-five, and during a trip to Mexico he fell and hit his head against a washbasin while getting up in the night.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 14, 2015

His landlady found him dead in his bed, the water in his washbasin frozen solid.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom