Example Sentences

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Wiping away tears, Aya al-Skafi is looking at photos of her daughter, Jenan, in a shelter in Gaza City.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025

Wiping away tears, she wondered: Was it happiness and pride as well?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

Wiping tears from his face, the 61-year-old explained that he must now work out how to care for his three grand-children aged 10, 15 and 17.

From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2023

Wiping out wild poliovirus, of which there are three strains, termed serotypes 1, 2 and 3, has been the goal of global eradication efforts since they began in 1988.

From Scientific American • Aug. 21, 2023

Wiping cookie crumbs from his mustache, he turned into the main road, and there, outlined in cobalt blue, stood Guitar.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison