mopping

Example Sentences

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The evening had been busy for Juan too, she recalled, including cooking tacos for the children, mopping the kitchen and reading and conversing with Kevin.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Voting trends show the BJP mopping up more than 44% of the vote this time.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Fallon said his neighbour has been mopping up inside while he tries to clear water away outside.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

With U.S. warships that once patrolled the strait now deployed chasing drug boats in the Caribbean and mopping up Inuit resistance on Greenland’s coasts, Taipei quickly capitulated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

“You ate too much,” she said, mopping his forehead with a wet paper towel she’d gotten from the dorm bathroom.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon