mopping
Example Sentences
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"By the time I reach the houses and start sweeping and mopping, my clothes are already soaked. Some days I also have to clean rooftops where the marble floors feel like they are on fire."
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
For Katya, a professional events organiser, the parties have stopped - and her world and life have been disrupted following the raid, trial and community service spent mopping hospital floors.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Grown men are crying and mopping their eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
With U.S. warships that once patrolled the strait now deployed chasing drug boats in the Caribbean and mopping up Inuit resistance on Greenland’s coasts, Taipei quickly capitulated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
She finishes mopping and scurries down the stairs.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
