flushing

Example Sentences

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The act of flushing can be a bigger concern than sitting.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

People have been urged not to use tap water for anything other than flushing toilets.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Monitoring the brain’s self-regulation and maintenance functions, like this fluid flushing, are opportunities for new diagnostic tools and avenues for treatment, Nedergaard said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

This Manscaped ad ends with a dude flushing his recently shaved chest hair down the toilet, immediately making the company a sworn enemy of plumbers and landlords nationwide.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026

So I exchanged it for walls of marble, which echoed only with the sound of dripping water, of the flushing of my toilet, or of my voice softly reading The Iliad aloud.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides