soaping

Example Sentences

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He worked six days a week, hosing down cars, soaping them up and vacuuming inside.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025

Exuberant young men splashing around in a pool with one theatrically soaping himself as a crowd cheered.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

Set up an assembly line from soaping and scrubbing to rinsing to drying.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Doing it while a shower is running and then soaping up, thus creating a steamy-sudsy environment, would be even better for masking the odors your body produces.

From Slate • May 25, 2020

But there’s a sponge for soaping, a washcloth for rinsing, and a towel for drying.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman