mop

Example Sentences

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From up there on the wagon, if you looked a certain way, the two houses on the hill appeared to be a pair of eyes staring out from under a mop of red hair.

From Literature

From time to time, he’d stop what he was doing, take his handkerchief out of his pants pocket, and mop away beads of sweat on his forehead.

From Literature

Titus mops at his forehead with the hem of his T-shirt.

From Literature

I rarely straighten my mop of thick, curly hair, and when I do, it’s not always a great experience.

From Salon

After a 2.3-acre brush fire ignited near Janss Road in Thousand Oaks last October, a drone team flew over the blaze’s footprint and identified hot spots to help firefighters mop up that same day.

From Los Angeles Times