Example Sentences

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Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa greeted the King and Queen Camilla at Faleolo International Airport where a red carpet had been rolled out amid high winds and last-minute vacuum cleaning.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024

A Roomba automates the task of vacuum cleaning.

From The Verge • Oct. 12, 2021

The following afternoon—after Ronald had cancelled their Sunday drive into the country—Pascal, with constant exhortations by Ronald at the black box, succeeded in vacuum cleaning the entire living room.

From Weak on Square Roots by Burton, Russell

The progressive improvement of all adjuncts of better sanitation in school houses, such as sanitary drinking cups and fountains, systems of vacuum cleaning, improved systems of lighting, heating, and ventilation.

From Health Work in the Public Schools by Ayres, Leonard Porter