dishrag
Example Sentences
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Smack in the middle is Asaf, whom the play proceeds to put through a tribal-political wringer that leaves him — and left me — a limp dishrag.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Wrung out like a dishrag, terrified that the pain would return and deeply suspicious of my internal organs, but otherwise OK.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
What, you expected J Lo to turn up in a smock with her hair tied up in a dishrag?
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2020
Bad fans, good fans, Jon Snow fans, Sansa fans, whatever outcome you were hoping for, you probably weren’t expecting this one, the happy ending equivalent of a sort-of-clean dishrag.
From Slate ● May 20, 2019
I let it run for a second to warm up and put a dishrag in the bottom of the sink so the splashing wasn’t too loud.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
