Example Sentences

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“Some people have criticized me, saying I am washing the country’s dirty laundry in public,” Mr. Li said in 2018.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2020

“I am washing my hands of the consequences of these irresponsible actions,” bin Hafez’s letter said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2019

Here I am washing my hands and the cracked mirror shows me to myself, suspended as it were, in time; this is me, this moment will not pass.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

The girl answered, "Wait, I am washing my little brother."

From Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People by Grinnell, George Bird

The king also treasured up a remark sarcastically made by Voltaire, which was as follows: "When I correct the royal poems I am washing the king's dirty linen."

From Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by Bartlett, David W.