- present participle of iron.
ironing
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The deceptively simple work is part sculpture, part assemblage, part collage and features a vintage wooden ironing board set beside a white sheet hung on a line with six wooden clothespins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
“What the 60-day window is actually for is ironing out the thorniest details,” Henrietta Treyz, director of economic policy at Veda Partners, wrote in a note.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
First she mocked women with, “What am I, my husband’s servant? Picking up after him all the time, picking his undies off the floor, ironing his clothes? What am I, his servant?”
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
The adhesive CreateMe uses is thermoset, which means that ironing or washing machine temperatures aren't enough to melt it and make the clothes fall apart, insists Myers.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
And Sam's mother was allergic to ironing; he had heard her say that lots of times.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
Who has told of the turnings, the dyings, the ironings, the darnings, that have gone to make misses of ten pounds a-year pin-money look as smart as the squanderer of five hundred?
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
She could do washings and ironings if she could get them and do it here at home.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 by Work Projects Administration
Maria worked hard at her braiding—that was open to anybody's observation; but there were less obvious flutings and ironings down in the kitchen, and adjusting of ribbons and flowers in secret consultations up-stairs.
From What She Could by Susan Warner
She owned a little soft, white silk frock, which still looked festive and partyfied, in spite of frequent washings and not too careful ironings.
From The Carroll Girls by Mabel Quiller-Couch
Well, Sky-High," said his mistress, "I am going to give you this cabin under the trees, where you may do your washings and all your ironings.
From Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang by Hezekiah Butterworth
