WASH in a Sentence

Learn WASH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
283 example sentences for WASH, such as:
1. Go and give the car a wash.
2. Though he hates to wash his face.
3. Do not wash dirty linen in public.
4. Go and wash that filth off your hand.
5. Salt water and absence wash away love.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of WASH
wash
 v.  to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking
 v.  move by or as if by water
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Though he hates to wash his face.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TEN
2  "We three will be ready in a minute," cried Amy, running away to wash her hands.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FIFTEEN
3  I made a 'pome' yesterday, when I was helping Hannah wash, and as Father likes my silly little things, I put it in to amuse him.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
4  I wish we could wash from our hearts and souls.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
5  She had to wash the cups every morning, and polish up the old-fashioned spoons, the fat silver teapot, and the glasses till they shone.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINETEEN
6  I wash my hands of you, was Amy's short answer.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
7  A maid servant then brought them water in a beautiful golden ewer and poured it into a silver basin for them to wash their hands, and she drew a clean table beside them.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK I
8  A maid-servant brought them water in a beautiful golden ewer, and poured it into a silver basin for them to wash their hands; and she drew a clean table beside them.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IV
9  They pulled without flagging, and carried not only Nausicaa and her wash of clothes, but the maids also who were with her.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VI
10  When they reached the water side they went to the washing cisterns, through which there ran at all times enough pure water to wash any quantity of linen, no matter how dirty.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VI
11  They also brought him the little golden cruse of oil, and told him to go and wash in the stream.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VI
12  I cannot wash as long as you all keep standing there.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VI
13  He had done so before an upper servant told him to come to the bath and wash himself.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VIII
14  The sea quaked as the rock fell into it, and the wash of the wave it raised drove us onwards on our way towards the shore of the island.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IX
15  My dear child," answered Eurynome, "all that you have said is true, go and tell your son about it, but first wash yourself and anoint your face.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVIII
Example Sentence: (73 in 5 pages)
1  Salt water and absence wash away love.
2  She said she was staying in tonight to wash her hair.
3  Your sweater will shrink if you wash it at too high a temperature.
4  Go and give the car a wash.
5  The prisoner started to wash down the walls of his cell.
6  Do not wash dirty linen in public.
7  Finish your homework first, then wash my car.
8  We lose skin cells every time we wash our hands.
9  Go and wash that filth off your hand.
10  Fortunately, the stain on the blouse was imperceptible after the blouse had gone through the wash.
11  As the rains continued, the small trickle of water running down the hillside grew into a rivulet that threatened to wash away a portion of the slope.
12  After my mother's death, I wash my hands of you: from the day her coffin is carried to the vault in Gateshead Church, you and I will be as separate as if we had never known each other.
13  It's always tea-time, and we've no time to wash the things between whiles.
14  Is it safe to simply wash them in purified water or is some further treatment necessary?
15  I really must do the washing this afternoon.