Example Sentences

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Workers on Wednesday were spotted in fishing waders standing knee-deep in the water vacuuming the bottom surface.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

She also gave up on the neutral household color scheme and plenty of her cleaning routines, including daily vacuuming or attempting to keep the kids’ toys in their bedrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Campaigners want a deep clean of all buses more frequently, and the use of insecticidal treatments, heat treatments, improved vacuuming and sealed barriers in known hotspots.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025

“And you tell me that some 82-year-old is going to get up in the attic with a hazmat suit on, rip out the insulation and start vacuuming around?”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

Lori and Pauline are excused from vacuuming on account of their backs, which means you dread being assigned to a team with them.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich