washbowl

Example Sentences

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“Had a bowl of cornflakes this morning,” I wrote in my Nationwide Building Society diary, “and 10 minutes later they were in the washbowl upstairs!! It’s Lucozade and arrowroot for me today!”

From The Guardian • Apr. 27, 2019

Her head was tilted back in a washbowl, her eyes closed, but her voice still controlled the room.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 4, 2016

I’d bring a washbowl from the bathroom, and the streams would hit it, like into a milk pail.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 26, 2015

Also I have a question: How do you clean a washbowl lined with gold leaf?

From Time Magazine Archive

We finally heard Miss Love pour her dirty water out of the washbowl into the waste pot on the floor.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns