grease
Example Sentences
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When we made it back home after being gone for two weeks, I had to put elbow grease into scrubbing the caked-on dog drool off the side of the car.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
She threw away an old pan, thinking maybe she had burned some grease on it while cooking chicken that day.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
The most important thing is to keep your money working for you as hard as it possibly can — and for that, you need to apply some elbow grease to keep it moving.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
“You’re cleaning grease traps and taking out trash at 2:00 in the morning.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
He must have lined his pocket with plastic or something so the grease and Finkle goop wouldn’t get all over his clothes.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
Vocabulary lists containing grease
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