ironing

Example Sentences

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They have complicated relationships, but there’s nothing better for ironing things out than creeping together through dark tunnels by flashlight, hoping that nothing jumps out at you, engaging in weightless banter as you go.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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

In this case, I can’t see how ironing out a few wrinkles and covering a rumpled duvet with a digital bedspread materially misrepresents your home.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

While Omnicom and IPG were ironing out their merger in lawyers’ offices across Manhattan, smaller agencies outside the city were making their own expansions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

As I stood in the basement ironing, with the girls sound asleep upstairs, I continued to pray.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry