Example Sentences

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“In the stables, the Queen’s horses were again at the ready, coats groomed, saddles and bridles soaped and stirrups polished,’’ Dimbleby wrote.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2022

Rhoda soaped a washcloth and began to scrub beneath the folds of her daughter’s skin.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2015

Actually, according to the Post, he “took some large metal pans that did not appear to be dirty, soaped them up and rinsed them…as the cameras clicked and the TV cameras rolled.”

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2012

The tune "Sticky Situation," for instance, mushrooms into the spectacle of a half-dozen boys getting their mouths soaped by moms.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2010

No. He had no cause to look at her like that, Milkman thought, and heaving himself upright in the tub, he soaped himself hurriedly.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison