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Example sentences for "wash"

Lexicographically close words:
warum; warwhoop; wary; was; wasent; washable; washbasin; washboard; washbowl; washcloth
  1. Every Monday morning just dump a hatful of potatoes into your boiler, and Saturday night wash the boiler out, as I have already suggested, and when the fall's run is over there will not be much scale in the boiler.

  2. But I started out to tell you how to keep your boiler clean, and the way to do it is to wash it out, and the way to wash it out is with a good force pump.

  3. The dirt is soft and washes very easily; but, if it had dried on the inside of boiler while you were waiting for it to cool, you would find it very difficult to wash off.

  4. We know that there are times when you are compelled to use muddy water, but as soon as it is possible to get clear water make him wash out his tank, and don't let him haul it around till the boiler gets it all.

  5. You say, can't you wash out a boiler without a force pump?

  6. Some of the foreign matter will be blown out, but you will find it a difficult matter to wash out what sticks to the hot iron.

  7. They will advise you to blow out at a low pressure, and then, as soon as the boiler is cool enough, to wash it thoroughly.

  8. Where I can get a wash sometimes," I replied.

  9. We propose that the household staff should take their places at the dinner-table, and be waited upon by Lord Magnolia and his family, who will also cook the dinner, and wash up afterwards.

  10. Yonondio is drunk; we wash our hands clean from his actions (giving a fourth belt).

  11. He would be infinitely troublesome; and I can hardly wash my hands of her affairs.

  12. My dear lord," said Mr. Camperdown, "I shall wash my hands of the matter altogether.

  13. From Palacky west to Pfeifer, Through the town of Fingal, Then northward to Ogallah, I ran on Si wash Injun Soorah, A Remedy for Liver Trouble, Take a wineglass full before each meal.

  14. There's some friends of mine already picked out a likely spot on the shores of Long Island and dug a hole in the sand that kegs might wash into if they was throwed from passing vessels.

  15. The women will use the drying racks, but they object to rubbing elbows with their neighbors while they wash their clothes.

  16. But there are smoking and writing rooms, and a library for his use; games if he chooses, baths when he feels like taking one, and a laundry where he may wash his own clothes if he has to save the pennies, as he likely has to.

  17. Wash fifteen minutes when cold, and dry in the shade.

  18. Steep wool for twenty-four hours, boil for four and a half hours, wash with a beating, and dry in shade.

  19. Now add the water and let it soak for twenty-four hours, then boil for two or three hours, until the colour is right, then wash and dry in the sun.

  20. Boil for three hours; wash in kurd water, water in which kurds and whey have been well beaten up; leave for three hours, and then wash and beat again in water.

  21. Add mineral acid; steep wool for thirty-six hours, then boil for three hours, wash well, and dry.

  22. Put in the wool, and soak for twenty or thirty hours; boil the water for two or three hours and give a soda-bath wash; dip in acidulated water; and wash again with beating.

  23. Now mix in some iron-filings water, and boil steadily for another two and a half to three hours; wash with a beating and dry.

  24. I insist that somebody wears a crêpe mask, or I wash my hands of the conspiracy.

  25. I advise you to wash it without delay, for a more deplorable little beast I never saw.

  26. With a longing for rest, he tottered out of the kitchen into the lean-to, but not to wash as its owner had suggested.

  27. She told Eunice that her stepmother thought white was the sensiblest, for it would wash and bile, and she always needed bilin'.

  28. You go wash your hands before you touch a single one of our eggs!

  29. At four they rise, wash and dress, and prepare for the dissipation of the evening.

  30. They never wash themselves with water, but lick their hands, and then rub their faces with them; in the same manner as a cat washes herself with her paws.

  31. There's the old, proud hidalgo blood mixed up in their veins; they are too grand to work--too lazy to wash themselves.

  32. Better go and wash your face clear of your own," I said contemptuously, as I suffered from an intense longing to go and kick him.

  33. The back wash from the wave which broke against the wire was thinner than the wash that had preceded it.

  34. There's a place to wash your hands, if you think it's wuth while.

  35. Well, I wash my hands of it, and am prepared for anything now!

  36. Then a deathly feeling of sickness came over me, and I lay wondering at the sounds I heard as of water splashing, as if bucket after bucket was dashed down to wash something away.

  37. There, you needn't look at my messy hands; I shall wash 'em when I've done.

  38. I'm just going to chuck it overboard and wash out the bucket.

  39. When his keeper goes in to give the daily morning wash to the cage, the eagles perch close above his head and screech and scream until the spray is turned upon them.

  40. I would teach my apes to wash dishes and to cook, and I am sure that some of them would do no worse than some human members of the profession who now receive $50 per month, or more, for spoiling food.

  41. For three years he hardly stepped out of his laboratory: he ate there, and slept there, and did not even give himself time to wash his hands and clean his beard, so intense was his application.

  42. The floor gradually sloped down to the same hand, and a long, wild, gurgling wash was suddenly heard to run careering past the timbers of the starboard side.

  43. At any hour I came on deck in his watch, there was Jones, all awake and ready, till hearing him walk the planks over my head of a fine night made me at times keep my eyes open, listening to it and the wash of the water together.

  44. Washermen in India, in general, wash their linen at the ghats, and their dogs of course wander thither from home after them, and back again.

  45. It is incumbent on good Mussulmans to wash the hands and face before prayers.

  46. Barbers in Asia not only shave but wash persons in the private and public baths.

  47. Let it not so happen that some tyrant should seize thee; do thou wash off my blood from thy garment; what has happened is past.

  48. I was greatly fatigued, and began to wash my hands and feet [in the fountain].

  49. A big rainstorm would do as well, for it would wash out all signs of our footprints.

  50. She brought him a basin of water, and asked him to please wash his face.

  51. Lord Jesus, wash us white from our sins, and take us all to that better world!

  52. It's not any term of imprisonment, no, not though it were for life, that can wash out the past.

  53. ONE Most High and merciful Priest was ever there, who could, and would, wash out her sin.

  54. Wash the tomatoes and plunge into boiling water for five minutes.

  55. Wash it thoroughly and then pare; cut into pieces about 2 inches long.

  56. Have a wooden rack in the bottom of a wash boiler (see p.

  57. The best way to wash berries is to put a small quantity into a colander and pour cold water over them; then turn them on a sieve to drain.

  58. When the work is finished, remove the cork from the board, wash and dry thoroughly.

  59. Having the jars, covers, and rings in perfect condition, the next thing is to wash and sterilize them.

  60. Rub the fruit hard with a coarse, crash towel, then wash and drain.

  61. Wash the fruit and pare it and cut in quarters.

  62. If berries are sandy or dusty it will be necessary to wash them, but the work should be done very quickly so that the fruit may not absorb much water.

  63. Item, every man that had a well within his house to draw it three times in the week to wash the streets.


  64. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wash" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    ablution; babble; backwash; baptize; bath; bathe; bedaub; besmear; bog; bottom; bottomland; brew; bubble; burble; calcimine; canvas; cathartic; clean; cleaner; cleanse; cleanser; coat; coating; color; coloring; cover; cream; daub; dentifrice; detergent; dip; distemper; diuretic; douche; drench; drier; drift; drink; dye; emblazon; emetic; enamel; enema; exhaust; face; float; flush; fresco; gargle; gild; glade; glaze; gloss; grain; ground; gurgle; hold; holystone; hue; illuminate; illumination; illustration; imbrue; imbue; impregnate; infiltrate; infuse; ingrain; inject; irrigate; irrigation; lacquer; lap; lapping; lather; launder; lave; lip; lotion; macerate; meadow; medium; mire; monochrome; moor; morass; moss; mud; nauseant; oil; paint; painting; percolate; permeate; pigment; plash; portraiture; prime; primer; priming; purgative; purge; purifier; purify; purl; quagmire; quicksand; ravine; ride; rinse; rinsing; ripple; saturate; scour; scouring; scrub; seethe; shade; shadow; shampoo; shellac; shower; slosh; slough; sluice; smear; soak; soap; sodden; solvent; sop; souse; splash; sponge; sponging; spread; stain; steep; stipple; stream; submerge; sump; swab; swamp; swash; swish; syringe; tempera; thinner; tincture; tinge; tint; tone; track; trill; tub; turpentine; varnish; vehicle; vortex; wake; wallow; wash; washing; washout; water; wet; whitewash


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    wash their; wash them; wash thoroughly; wash well; washed away; washing machine; washing machines; washing soda