Kleenex

[ klee-neks ]

/ ˈkli nɛks /

Trademark.

a brand name for a soft, disposable paper tissue, used especially as a handkerchief.

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Example sentences from the Web for kleenex

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Large cardboard boxes of Kleenex, each with 36 tissue boxes, lay open for people to take.
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Many of my gifts were simple—a phone call, spare change, even a Kleenex.
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Morley is a stunning storyteller, although Come Sunday should not be attempted without a Kleenex box at hand.
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Then he mopped his face with a wad of Kleenex and went over to the room-temperature thermostat, turning it down to sixty.
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I bought some Kleenex and came back, and everybody was out on the steps to look, but I didn't stop.
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He wiped his face and blew his nose and squeezed the kleenex tight in his hand.
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British Dictionary definitions for kleenex

Kleenex

/ (ˈkliːnɛks) /

noun plural -ex or -exes

trademark a kind of soft paper tissue, used esp as a handkerchief

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