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

On the floor was a tin washbowl full of ashes and a few pictures disappearing into flames.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang