wash up

Example Sentences

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The boys grumbled but went downstairs with Ma and Ba to wash up, while I cleaned out Ba’s ashtray and pulled my nightgown from the chifforobe.

From Literature

More volunteers are being recruited to help rescue a growing number of whales, dolphins and porpoises washing up on UK shores.

From BBC

This makes the precise consequences very difficult to predict, but this new wave of inflation from the Gulf will wash up on the shores of the rest of the globe, including here in the UK.

From BBC

Mama had rolled up her sleeves ready to start washing up.

From Literature

My own legs felt like pieces of lumber that had washed up in the surf: numb and heavy.

From Literature