mop

Example Sentences

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I’m shorter than all of my guy classmates, and my black hair is a messy mop that I leave dangling in my face because it’s less embarrassing than to show my never-ending array of zits.

From Literature

Grown men are crying and mopping their eyes.

From Los Angeles Times

At one point housewives were admonished not to shake their dust mops outdoors lest that contribute to smog.

From Los Angeles Times

Court records show the firm represented him in 2021 after, he says, he slipped in a trail of mop water at a hotel during a trip to visit his uncle.

From Los Angeles Times

Seated backstage in a small dressing room, Tweedy grinned beneath a mop of fuzzy hair.

From Los Angeles Times