Etymology
Origin of sudsy
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Somewhere along the way, the biggest producer in television caught wind of Lasser’s chops and wanted her for his pet project, a parody of sudsy daytime dramas called “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
That’s a lot of weeks that undergarment has avoided a date with some warm, sudsy water over the years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
In an unfortunate turn of events for sponge users, a recent study has revealed that those sudsy rectangular squares may be more optimal for bacteria growth than even a petri dish in a lab.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2022
For this type of surface, she recommends sudsy water or even just a damp microfiber cloth.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
Scrubbed from top to bottom with something sudsy and bright colored, like sun yellow that smelled like rotten lemon, or mutant green that smelled like if every flower in the world sneezed.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
But in high-efficiency washers, in which laundry rotates in a drum and is sprayed with water and not continually submerged, more detergent means sudsier clothes.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 23, 2014
“I opened my eyes for a second, not believing that what I’d dreamed of was happening,” she writes, and it only gets sudsier from there.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2011
Instead, I've been glued to a true-life Web spin-off that's even sudsier than the real thing.
From Time Magazine Archive
In perhaps the sudsiest scene, Lady Marjorie gives up her young man, the Roddy Llewellyn of 1906.
From Time Magazine Archive
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