Example Sentences

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Pretend to talk to the alligator, “Hey, Mr. Alligator, you are a toy and I am not afraid of you; I am cleaning you up!”

From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2018

Like, they will literally drop trash in the middle of a floor when I am cleaning it and expect me to pick it up.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2017

“I saw them and thought, ‘Well, I want to be some kind of combination of what those two people are, and here I am cleaning the bathroom after they use it,’” Mr. Mac remembered.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2016

I am cleaning out his things to distribute, and there are times I just want to sit and remember him and cry.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2014

So I am, cleaning my hands; though you needn't tell them that.'

From Sarah's School Friend by Baldwin, May