Example Sentences

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I rinsed our bowls with hot water and dumped the rinsings out the valve-door of the tent.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

The teeth were thoroughly brushed, followed by three rinsings of the mouth.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

In fact, they are the mere dregs and rinsings of a bottle of which even the first froth was but of very questionable flavour.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Mix the weighed sample of ore in a mortar with 10 grams of finely powdered lime and transfer to the tube; rinse out the mortar with a little more lime, and add the rinsings.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

Poor Taddeo! did he not beat your fish down, give you watered wine, the rinsings of the barrel, yesterday?

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various