scrubbed
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unscrubbed adjective
- well-scrubbed adjective
Etymology
Origin of scrubbed
Example Sentences
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Most of its job listings appear to have been scrubbed of the term.
Those comments were also scrubbed from social media.
In the morning my face looked scrubbed, like I’d washed it with steel wool.
From Literature
The face of an angel on a restored church fresco in Rome that sparked outrage because of its likeness to Italy's prime minister, has been crudely scrubbed out by the artist who painted it.
From BBC
Mal and Christopher bathed in the water of the pools—as hot as a bath, warmed by the salamanders’ bodies—and scrubbed at themselves with sea sponges they found on the shore.
From Literature
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