mopping

Example Sentences

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Mopping up the tail is a bit of an art and not always straightforward.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

In another a woman practices yoga — "Mopping the Floors."

From The Verge • Sep. 15, 2016

Mopping up after a fire is dirty work and firefighters make sure no hot spots are left to start another fire.

From National Geographic • Aug. 20, 2015

Mopping the floors, paying the utility bills, stationing guards in galleries — the taxpayers have that covered.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2015

Mopping his brow, Lefty walked out of the bank into his penniless old age.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides