- present participle of soap.
soaping
Example Sentences
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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
He enumerates some pleasures of life on the outside — sleeping on comfortable sheets, soaping up a loofah sponge in the shower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2020
A month earlier, before Molly had come forward with her grievance, Hal had been soaping her empty lunch containers in the newsroom kitchenette when she’d been spotted by Petra, the new V.P. of programming.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2018
“She’s weak from the blerry flies. I suppose you’ll want to baptize the baby,” Dr. van Heerden said, soaping his hands as he prepared to deliver the calf.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
