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Example sentences for "cleaning"

Lexicographically close words:
cleane; cleaned; cleaner; cleaners; cleanest; cleanings; cleanliness; cleanly; cleanness; cleans
  1. When it came to cleaning the stables, many a "buck" private made a resolve that in the next war he was going to enlist as a "mule-skinner.

  2. Besides cleaning the stables and "graining-up" for the horses, the day of the stable police was spent in miscellaneous jobs, which Sergeant Fritzen never ran out of.

  3. That no cleaning can restore it to what it was?

  4. Nothing can restore it to what it was, I think, because the operation of cleaning must scrape away some of the grains of paint.

  5. Then each club decided what they wanted to do for their own district and set out to accomplish it, whether it was the cleaning up of a bad alley or the better lighting of a street.

  6. Gradually they are adding to the gymnasium apparatus and to the simple bathing facilities, while cleaning and keeping up the painting continue to supply opportunities for useful work.

  7. A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth; tooth powder.

  8. The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp.

  9. That is wasteful and inconvenient, because in cleaning it you would have to leave the door of the larger compartment open.

  10. I was cleaning my old furs, too, to cut them up.

  11. Her house is immaculate; she has been cleaning and dusting and polishing from morning to night.

  12. What am I supposed to be doing," he said, looking at her laughing; "cleaning shoes or dibbling with love?

  13. Then she had nursing of baby and husband, cleaning and cooking, everything to do.

  14. I'm all day cleaning what the boys make just as bad in five minutes.

  15. I commenced cleaning up, giving my bench a general straightening.

  16. The man who groomed the Georgian also ploughed the flowerbeds, broke the windows in cleaning them, and put blacking on brown boots.

  17. While taking supper, Kittie, the boss servant, told me that the master said I was to do her work of cleaning all the shoes next morning, and that as she would be out milking the cows I would find the shoes in the usual place.

  18. Brosnahan represented that not alone was Tim Duggan cleaning the pikes, but showing the people how they could be used with effect--what beautiful things they were for frightening exterminating landlords and all other tools of tyranny.

  19. If cleaning commutator does not remedy generator charge, and/or commutator is badly worn, then generator must be replaced (par.

  20. After the parts are cleaned, rinse them in clean dry‐cleaning solvent, and dry them thoroughly.

  21. If gear shifting difficulty is caused by oil congealing in extremely cold weather, thin oil with small amount of kerosene or dry‐cleaning solvent.

  22. NOTE: If compressed air is not available for cleaning, gasoline from the fuel pipe can be used for cleaning screen and cap.

  23. Remove front wheel, axle sleeve and bearing, and, together with wheel hub, clean thoroughly in dry‐cleaning solvent.

  24. NOTE: If oil and cup are dirty, empty out oil and wash out cup with dry‐cleaning solvent.

  25. Wash cap and screen in dry‐cleaning solvent, and open shut‐off valve slightly to flush filter body.

  26. If air cleaner is excessively dirty, clean elements in dry‐cleaning solvent, refill cup with fresh oil.

  27. Air cleaner should not be submerged in water, nor should high‐pressure stream be directed into cleaner louvers (where air enters on rear of body) when cleaning vehicle.

  28. Take care to keep the parts clean until reassembled, and be certain to keep dry‐cleaning solvent away from rubber or other material which it will damage.

  29. There is no service for spark plugs other than sandblast cleaning and correct adjustment of electrodes.

  30. Complete cleaner body must be removed from vehicle, immersed and agitated in cleaning solvent to wash out dirt.

  31. Mrs. Charles had been later than usual in starting her cleaning work on the train and the train had started, carrying her to Chicago.

  32. I have a job cleaning cars over at the Centerville Station, this time every day, and Lizzie always stays with the kids--they'd tear the house down if I left them alone.

  33. She has to give out all the mail because she's the only person who never gets any and she has to help in the kitchen sometimes, cleaning silver and things like that.

  34. A couple of hours later Mabel and Frank were at the miserable apartment cleaning up and packing Mabel's things.

  35. She felt her cheeks burn as she thought of her mother seeing the mess and cleaning it up in her kind way.

  36. She was up early enough to go over her lessons, and the apartment as she left it after Sunday's violent cleaning had a look of righteous order and dustlessness.

  37. My mother and Una came a day ahead of the others, and with the help of carpenters and upholsterers, and a neighboring Irishman and his wife for cleaning and moving purposes, they soon got human order into the place of savage chaos.

  38. A man was cleaning a carriage in the enclosed court-yard, but I rather conceive it was a cab for hire, and not the equipage of a dweller in the palace.

  39. You'll find that doing something definite about it is like cleaning the poison out of a wound; you'll feel better!

  40. I'm going to give all that a thorough cleaning when I get around to it!

  41. Complete the cleaning as described under "new pipettes.

  42. Given that the regulation charge for a round is a shilling, would you consider yourself justified in attempting to exact an extra half-crown for club-cleaning from a player in spectacles, with a handicap of 27 and a wistful expression?

  43. There was a man at the very further end of the yard cleaning a horse, and just under the window, the little deformed pot-boy, whistling a plaintive air with the most exquisite taste, while he was brushing a coat and waistcoat.

  44. Some were walking slowly about, others were brushing their antennae with their forefeet; but the drollest sight was their cleaning one another.

  45. It is probable that these hours of relaxation and cleaning may be indispensable to the effective performance of their harder labours, but while looking at them, the conclusion that the ants were engaged merely in play was irresistible.

  46. I afterwards found them rather common; the Brazilians use them for cleaning rust from their guns, and firmly believe them to be solidified river foam.

  47. I went into a friend's house one day and found her husband, with board and bathbrick, cleaning the table knives.

  48. But Robert had had negroes in the Cartmel place for a week, cleaning and keeping the big fires night and day.

  49. By the Child Labour Law employment of children is forbidden in brickworks, stone breaking, chimney sweeping, street cleaning and other processes and occupations.

  50. Men and unmarried women may be employed in such subsidiary work as cleaning before or after the general legal limits.

  51. The fencing of machinery and definition of accidents were made more precise, young persons were prohibited from cleaning dangerous machinery, and additional safeguards against risk of injury by fire or panic were introduced.

  52. Stages being formed, the crew got on them, some cleaning the planks from the growth of seaweed, some extracting the caulking which was rotten, when the caulkers put in fresh oakum, and pitched it over.

  53. Though these visits caused some interruption, the crew, eager to prosecute their voyage, laboured hard in refitting and cleaning the bottom of the ship, which was found to be covered with barnacles, greatly impeding her sailing.

  54. The amount of cleaning a plate requires, depends upon the state it is in.

  55. I thought he only wished to examine it; but no, he did exactly as I had done, and after cleaning his teeth returned me my brush, expressing himself entirely satisfied with it.

  56. The amount of accumulated sludge is relatively small, and the operation of cleaning is not necessary more than twice a year and is not the disagreeable task one might suppose.

  57. In this lamp, the cleaning needle Q is provided for removing the stoppage.

  58. Showing how all parts can be removed for cleaning and replacement.

  59. It is advisable to have a competent steam-fitter blow off the boiler under pressure and thus give the inside a thorough cleaning when the boiler is first set up and ready for fire.

  60. If convenient, have a water hose to spray the ashes when cleaning out the pit.

  61. It is obvious that a gasoline for cleaning or drying purpose should contain no oily or kerosene distillate.

  62. For a century past civilization has been cleaning away the conditions which favor bacterial fevers.


  63. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cleaning" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    catharsis; cathartic; cleaning; cleansing; defeat; detergent; diuretic; emetic; lustral; profit; purgation; purgative; purge; purging; purification; purifying; refinement; rinse