Example Sentences

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Thirty minutes into their dishwashing shifts at a First Watch restaurant west of Chicago, the two had cleaned dozens of plates, utensils, cutting boards and cups, making them ready to be used again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Later that day, Christopher asked Calocane again if he had cleaned up.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

During his broadcast, Reed, smoking a cigar while riding around campus in a golf cart, showed viewers the now-cleared field he and players had cleaned up.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

Unwittingly he had tossed the napkin into the white trash bag, not realizing his wife had cleaned the rings and wrapped them in the napkin to dry.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2022

Hanako had cleaned many floors in her life, so this, at least, was nothing new.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata