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Example sentences for "damp cloth"

  • If moldings and wash-boards or wainscotings are wiped off with a damp cloth, one fruitful source of dust will be avoided.

  • Cover puff paste with a damp cloth, and it may be kept on the ice a day or two before baking.

  • Roll the articles in a damp cloth, as this makes them iron more smoothly; and in an hour they will be ready for the iron.

  • It should finally be wiped with a damp cloth.

  • Pick it carefully and rub well in a damp cloth, and then in a dry cloth.

  • The floor should then be wiped with a damp cloth on the broom.

  • If the rug is a large one and cannot be removed, it should be wiped over with a damp cloth, rolled, and the under side of the rug and the floor beneath it should be wiped.

  • A] The woodwork should be cleaned with a damp cloth and a soap that is not too strong.

  • Pork Chops Wipe the chops with a damp cloth, and place in a hot frying-pan.

  • Wipe the meat all over with a damp cloth, but do not put it into water.

  • The floor, wood-work, and furniture should be dusted with a damp cloth.

  • Wash thoroughly, and put in cold water until crisp, drain on a towel, wrap in a damp cloth, and put in a cool place.

  • Tinware which has become blackened may be made to look bright and shining again by rubbing with a damp cloth dipped in sal-soda.

  • Meat should not be cleaned by washing with water, as that extracts the nutritive juices, but by thoroughly wiping the outside with a damp cloth.

  • Split down the middle of the back, wipe clean with a damp cloth, twist the top of the wings from the second joint; spread out flat, and with a rolling pin break the projecting breastbone so that the bird will lie flat upon the broiler.

  • Pluck and draw the birds, and wipe them inside with a damp cloth.

  • Pluck, draw, and cut the partridges in half, and wipe the inside thoroughly with a damp cloth.

  • Pluck and draw them, and wipe the insides and outsides with a damp cloth, as washing spoils the flavour.

  • After the bird is plucked and drawn, wipe the inside with a damp cloth, and truss it in the same manner as partridge, No.

  • While the syrup is cooking, prepare the slab by washing it with a damp cloth.

  • Put all this on hot fire, stir till it commences to boil, wipe down sides of kettle with a damp cloth, cover and steam, put in thermometer and cook to 260.

  • Before either of these performances remove any stickiness or greasiness with a damp cloth.

  • Fly-specks and finger-marks can be removed with a damp cloth or alcohol, and the mirror polished with whiting and chamois.

  • The frames and backs may be brushed and wiped, and the glass cleaned with a damp cloth or with a little alcohol.

  • The wood and metal parts of the closet should be wiped, first with a damp cloth, then with a dry one.

  • Wipe the meat with a damp cloth, and dredge, or sprinkle, it with the flour, salt, and pepper.

  • However, before any cooking method is applied to it, it should always be wiped with a clean, damp cloth.

  • Before putting the roast in the oven, wipe it thoroughly with a damp cloth.

  • When a steak has been prepared in this manner, wipe it carefully with a clean, damp cloth.

  • Filberts should always be served with the outer skin or husk on them; and walnuts should be well wiped with a damp cloth, and then with a dry one, to remove the unpleasant sticky feeling the shells frequently have.

  • To keep cheeses moist that are in daily use, when they come from table a damp cloth should be wrapped round them, and the cheese put into a pan with a cover to it, in a cool but not very dry place.

  • When they are to be served whole, they should be washed and then wiped with a damp cloth to remove the fuzz.

  • The skin of quinces is covered with a thick fuzz, which can be removed by wiping the fruit with a damp cloth.

  • The kitchen floor should be scrubbed and the furniture dusted with a damp cloth.

  • After jars of canned food have been cooled and tested for leaks, carefully wiped with a damp cloth, and then wrapped and labeled, they are ready to be placed in storage.

  • Take off the "woolly" skin that has the strong taste on the outside and wipe carefully with a damp cloth.

  • Draw the ducks as soon as they are received, pluck, singe and wipe them with a damp cloth, but under no conditions wash them.

  • Take a half dozen quail, wipe with a damp cloth, split them and break the leg bones.

  • Choose fine fat mushrooms, cut the stem close, peel and wipe delicately with a damp cloth.

  • It is best, if possible to do without risk of decay, to fold the freshly prepared skin in a clean paper, wrap in damp cloth, and lay over one night in a cool place, before mounting.

  • Poison well with arsenic water and let stand over one night, covered with a damp cloth.

  • Turn the poisoned skin right side out, lay it flat, side pressed to side, roll up, place in paper, and cover with a damp cloth.

  • Now, when the body is sewn up cover the specimen with paper and a damp cloth to prevent drying while a small batch of compo.

  • Rub off mirrors with a damp cloth, drying and polishing with chamois-skin or crumpled newspaper.

  • Upon this oilcloth the child can easily work with the clay, and the small pieces which may stick to it are readily wiped off with a damp cloth.

  • It gives scope to the child's imaginative powers and should add nothing to the housekeeper's cares, being readily removed with a damp cloth.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "damp cloth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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