scrub
verb (used with object)
to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
is scrubbing
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present progressiveof scrub (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Aronofsky clearly adores this colorful pre-millennial cesspool, even if the characters in the movie are already grumbling that Rudy Giuliani is scrubbing the life out of the place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
Along with staff, Ms. MacDonough is scrubbing and analyzing the pieces of the package to determine whether they adhere to the rules, in a process affectionately known on Capitol Hill as a “Byrd bath.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
Internet Noise is scrubbing your traces online, removing the evidence of your real self.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 4, 2017
Clarke is scrubbing the firm target set by predecessor Greg Dyke that England must emulate its 1966 World Cup triumph in 2022.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2016
I toss TaShon a bar of soap and he is scrubbing Spot.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
