- present participle of scrub.
scrubbing
Example Sentences
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The 22-year-old now runs his own business scrubbing every sheet metal curve and interior corner of a vehicle until there isn’t a smudge or crumb left.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
In another study, Cooper and his colleagues found that scrubbing dot-com names gave stocks a short-term upward jolt averaging 64%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
A common industrial approach, aqueous amine scrubbing, requires heating large amounts of liquid to temperatures above 100 °C to release the captured CO2 and reuse the solution.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2026
If something’s sticky or stubborn, let it sit with a damp cloth for a minute before wiping; it saves you from unnecessary scrubbing.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
He was scrubbing the beards off the mussels and didn’t look up from his work.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
