scrubbing

Example Sentences

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It’s a scrubbing of the past, an act of forgetting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

But I’d say seven to ten minutes of my 15-minute reset is, almost always, spent sudsing and scrubbing.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

A common industrial approach, aqueous amine scrubbing, requires heating large amounts of liquid to temperatures above 100 °C to release the captured CO2 and reuse the solution.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

The top of the dresser needed serious rehab: scrubbing, sanding and repainting to create a shiny finish.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Later on, he worked in Miriam's father's small brush-making business, which produced all kinds of brushes: bottle brushes, shoe brushes, and large brushes for scrubbing.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson