Example Sentences

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A mom asked for one box of diapers because she had been washing and reusing the diapers she had left.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

Barclay's phone records also suggested he had been washing at the sewage works while camped at Brantham.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025

Jackson asked Laura Ayala, who had been washing dishes and trying to figure out what to make for dinner when Lopez knocked on her door.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Two of their mothers had been washing clothes for people who lived near their low-income neighborhood of Dandora.

From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2020

Samuel came in from the yard where he had been washing himself.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck