are washing
- present progressive of wash.
Example Sentences
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It’s a Wednesday morning in August and Dr. Anas Hourani and his two colleagues are washing bones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
Others are washing their laundry on the shores; and many others are cleaning up the fresh fish brought to them by the fishermen.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023
Currently, bucketloads of the buoyant algae are washing up on beaches on the eastern coast of Florida earlier in the year than usual, raising scientists’ concerns for what coming months will bring.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 17, 2023
Bat rays, striped bass, yellowfin gobies and even sharks are washing ashore dead.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
Some of the runners are washing cars, some are working the bake sale tables, and some are holding poster-board signs and shouting at cars from the corner.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
