wipe

Example Sentences

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“When he left baseball suddenly, I knew something was wrong,” Bean’s mother, Linda Kovac, said Friday, pausing to wipe away tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

The dates of this escapade blow up the excuse Platner has used to wipe away his long history of obnoxious behavior: that all that bad stuff belonged to a prior period of “dark” feelings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Consistent, measured position sizes ensure that a bad stretch does not wipe you out.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Counting to three and closing your eyes is all it takes to wipe the ovine memory clean and return to a state of blissful ignorance.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Everybody figured that if it was something Imogene Herdman was scared to catch, it would wipe out the rest of us because ordinary germs didn’t even slow the Herdmans down.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson