Use "washing" in a sentence

1. As she was crying and washing Jesus feet with

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2. Pausing with my hands in the washing up water, I watch a bird fly down to the bird table … I’ve never been much good at identifying birds, is that a tit of some sort? Goodness knows

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3. I’d started in the kitchen, washing up the breakfast things and then taking the cooker to pieces, scouring the chrome rings and going wild with the oven cleaner

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4. ‘Surely, they weren’t seriously seeing you as the perpetrator?’ he asked glancing round at me as his hands are busy washing the dishes under the hot tap

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5. I had to cut it back just after I moved in so that I could get to the washing line and ended up with several lacerations as a result

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6. On top of that, I spent most of yesterday keeping within reach of the phone and, on the two occasions I had to go out of earshot into the garden to deal with the washing, I had checked to see if anyone had called while I was out there as soon as I got back inside … but Stephen didn’t call

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7. I’ll never forget the time he decided to spray paint the kitchen walls … I’d left a basket of clean washing in there … fortunately there was a fairly substantial towel on the top of the basket which took the brunt of the paint but I could have killed him when I found out

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8. ‘Please may I come and join the party at The Laurels on Christmas Day? I was going up to the parents but Dad’s been called off to Dubai or somewhere so I’ll be sitting all alone in my little house with my turkey leg and a sprout on a plate … Gran and Gramps said you were having a party and I should ask if I could come … I’ll be a good boy and help with the washing up

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9. ‘Give you a hand with the washing up, Iain?’

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10. ‘I gave up washing dishes by hand years ago though, from what you’ve been saying, I’m going to have to get used to it all over again!’

11. A washing machine rises bright and shining from its packaging, suffers a decade of high-speed revolutions and hot water calcification, and finally returns back to its constituent elements through recycling or decomposition deep beneath the gull strewn summits of landfill

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12. except for the constant – Mothers washing their child(rens)

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13. washing over the gunwales

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14. running hot water over his hands, washing away the stains

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15. I had the vision in mind of feet washing

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16. rhythmically moving their arms in the washing

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17. They proceeded to do the washing up

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18. washing machines? Or is it just a question

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19. happy with the sounds and the washing

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20. The apartment had that woman's touch, the flowers on the dining table, the washing drying on the balcony

21. I took the washing in and freshened up the water in the vase

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22. It was the same old lady but this time she was almost bent double, right in front of me like a bundle of washing, and still struggling with those boxes and bags

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23. ’ I said, grinning at him as I run some water into the bowl and start washing the bandage out

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24. Oh well, it’s an ill wind and all that! I’ll make do with washing my hair … now where is that nice shampoo Gilla gave me … it makes my hair smell gorgeous …

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25. " Luray tried to not wrinkle her nose too much at the pungent smell of the lantern fuel he was washing the pulleys in

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26. She was washing her face in a small bowl on the hard-worked kitchen table

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27. For two days the blissful romance that should be the ambrosia of all newly weds was forced to give way to lessons in using the Hoover, heating up baked beans and loading the washing machine in such a way that the clothes didn’t all come out shit colour drab

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28. Something happens to me now whenever I'm in that odourless, invisible, wetness that is water whether in the bathtub, under the shower or just washing my skin

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29. Before I left Cornwall, I thought I'd miss my books but there were books all over the village; in the cafés or kafeneia as they call them in Greece, and even some down at the washing well

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30. He saved every penny he could by washing his own clothes, eating in burger bars and buying cheap plonk from the local off-licence

31. We go through into her kitchen where she’s obviously in the middle of washing up – several days’ worth by the look of it!

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32. In the kitchen, the washing up I was doing when Sally called is now dry and I start putting it away

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33. I carry the shopping into the kitchen to put it all away … the washing machine has finished … must hang the washing out

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34. The washing is dry … drowsy with sun, I fold it and put it into the basket, pile my poems and all the other bits on top ready to be carried and, having put away the sunbed, lug it all slowly into the house

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35. As I’m sorting the dry washing in my bedroom, I hear a car outside

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36. ‘Let’s leave the washing up, Jo

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37. Better ring Alastair when you’ve finished washing up – hmmm - Jo and Alastair - I stand with my hands in the water in contemplation – how’re they finding settling down together? Hope there are no major problems

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38. The washing machine is going merrily and the house has been vacuumed and dusted

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39. While I wait for the washing to finish – both the clothes in the washing machine and the boys with the cars – I try to compose a shopping list

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40. He suggests a couple of items which I add to my list then offers to hang up the washing

41. Rob insists on washing up while I go and ring Simon

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42. ironing boards, a defunct Hoover and piles of dirty washing, nor

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43. After dinner, the kids went off to do their own thing and Gary insisted on helping with the washing up, saying that he was fully domesticated and proceeding to demonstrate that very effectively

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44. The apartment itself comprises three decent sized bedrooms, a large lounge with balcony (with washing line arrangements), a dining room, decently appointed kitchen and bathroom – all very modern and sleek

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45. It seems appropriate for the cottage to be used to shelter a representative of a local family and the Stubbses have been in the village since time immemorial, as I remember Mrs Stubbs telling me once when she was washing my hair – that woman can talk! Oh well, wait and see what happens with Ms Singh

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46. She asks sensible questions about heating and cooking facilities and I explain that the cooker, washing machine and fridge are staying as I shall be taking over the stuff in Anna’s cottage

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47. heating up baked beans and loading the washing machine in such a

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48. every penny he could by washing his own clothes, eating in burger

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49. I know which group I belong in … However, after a considerable battle, which leaves me breathless and wondering yet again if I ought to go down to the gym more often, I have a nice clean set of bedding and a pile of bedclothes which I can shove into the washing machine

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50. Cordra stopped washing dishes and looked across the kitchen

51. He’d never got the hang of looking after himself, Chrissie thought wryly – looks as though she’d be doing some washing tomorrow

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52. ’ She muttered pleadingly to whatever gods might be listening as the water streamed over her, washing away the sweat

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53. ‘There’s some dirty washing in the corner

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54. delegate small tasks for the young man to undertake: washing the

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55. I was busy with the washing

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56. ‘Is there any more washing up?’

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57. Tom’s offer to help further with the washing up and drying was

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58. Jim has never heard of it and if it turns out to be washing powder he will murder the guy

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59. Automatically leaving her boots by the door, she trod along the hallway to her bedroom and picked up her washing things, dropping the clothes on the bed

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60. Closing her eyes, she stood under the soothing flow, feeling the mud washing off

61. Washing her face in the bathroom, she heard Chas and Ozzie outside in the hallway

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62. He found Harry dutifully finishing the white washing of the fence pickets at the far side of the Lodge grounds

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63. The washing up finished, she wandered into the sitting room and settled down with the book she was currently working through

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64. She smiled happily and turned the hot tap on to run a bowl full of washing up water, frothing the suds with one hand

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65. appreciatively, washing the food down with the full-flavoured beer

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66. When they walked to the nearby stream on washing days, or when they were due for a bathe, it was then she directed Harry how to gather the wild herbs and wildflowers for the medicine chest and pantry

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67. "I don't understand", Jock says, washing his mouth out with tea to get rid of the fur on his tongue

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68. The drive itself is relatively long, running from the road to level with the back of the house where there is a fence dividing the drive from the back yard where I have a washing line and small shed, but the drive is not very wide and I have become adept at positioning the car in just the right place so I have room to get out without having to clamber through the hedge which separates this property from Sally’s

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69. Bex can hear sounds washing over the ramparts of her consciousness, humming notes, staccato glissades, particle waves, and she is both reassured by their proximity and confused by the language

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70. Water is now cascading in torrents all over the car washing off the foam

71. Thank goodness the kids are washing up the supper things, though a little less of the noise and banter would be nice

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72. ‘Well, they’re officially doing the washing up … but you’d never know

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73. The kitchen is quiet and empty of teenagers, but it’s clear that the battle of the washing up had been hard fought

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74. Looks as though you’re going to have the day to myself tomorrow – maybe you could catch up on the cleaning and deal with the washing; don’t know how you stand the excitement

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75. ‘Can you stick them directly into the washing machine, please Abi … Katie’ll show you where the soap powder goes

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76. ‘Have you put the washing machine on? Give it five minutes to fill then you can have your showers – any chance you two could see to the cleaning of the bathroom when you have finished?’

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77. ‘How about you two organise something for lunch while I empty the washing machine?’ I suggested

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78. The back door is open and I walk into the kitchen where Anna is busy washing lettuce

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79. Shampooing the carpets, washing down the walls, spraying for pests

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80. The testosterone in my blood stream always had a neat way of washing

81. than brushing his teeth, or washing his hair—minor inconveniences that were

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82. She was gone for a few minutes, probably washing those off, and was soon back

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83. When she brushed past a bush, she got a face washing

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84. began ripping voraciously at the meal, washing it down

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85. washing his oily hands in the stream

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86. washing down each morsel with a swig of wine from his

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87. She was busy at the side of the van, washing dishes, when he strutted around the side, and sweep her up into his arms

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88. Smith washing the mace from his eyes in one of the bathrooms

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89. And out of that $5, Hankins had to buy toiletries and washing powder, which easily eclipsed the

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90. washing hair, changing clothes and cleaning teeth

91. represent the blood sacrifice and the washing of water

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92. back again for another sacrifice, but the washing of water is a

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93. This picture of the washing

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94. had to do the washing, but we also partner with him in washing

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95. receive His love through the washing of His word, and this is a

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96. That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself as a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that

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97. Notice this washing of the water plays an important role in

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98. washing the feet of those disciples who come to Him, and He

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99. calls us to partner in washing each other’s feet with prophecy

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100. washing at the communal well