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

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

If something’s sticky or stubborn, let it sit with a damp cloth for a minute before wiping; it saves you from unnecessary scrubbing.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

She is so busy scrubbing coffee cups and baby butts that she forgets that most precious piece of metal, her wedding ring.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

“Ugh,” Oliver said, scrubbing his cheek with his sleeve.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser