wash

Example Sentences

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It costs about £10 to collect, wash and distribute each package - and this week the charity will receive help from Comic Relief.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

The net results in Illinois were a wash.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026

I did not expect to feel something magical wash over me: the feeling of surprise.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

His daughter shared the basic information she had—offering scant clues, like how her dad wouldn’t wash the kelp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

“I dunno,” I mumble, feeling a cold wave of disloyalty wash over me.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko