Washing

//ˈwɑʃ.ɪŋ//

"Washing" in a Sentence (16 examples)

Pull into shape after washing.

I'll take in the washing before it rains.

She took in the washing when it started to rain.

When it began to rain, she told her son to take in the washing.

It looks like rain. You had better take in the washing.

If it rains, take the washing in.

If that washing machine goes wrong again, I shall complain to the manufacturer.

Mummy has to do the washing this afternoon.

Bob was washing the dishes at that time.

In the Carteret Islands, near Papua New Guinea, some people have already had to leave their homes because the seawater is washing around their houses.

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I then took a piece of dry stone, ground it fine in a mortar, and placed the powder in water, the sand particles sunk rapidly to the bottom, while the clay remained suspended, and by several washings and decantings the sand and clay could be approximately separated […]

My mother used to do the washing on a Monday

[…] Hazel telling about how she liked a good woodpile, especially when she used to take in washing to earn a little extra. She needed a goodly pile to fuel her washtubs.

The washings have a higher concentration of metal

the gold-washings, or silver-washings

a washing of silver

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