Example Sentences
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For 45 minutes, a “Q-facial” machine sprayed, vacuumed, exfoliated and hydrated my face, delivering ultrasonic waves at two different depths.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Before “The Studio” vacuumed up 23 Emmy nominations, setting a record for a first-year show, I thought Short might have a shot at winning his first acting Emmy.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025
If it seems like many of the same series vacuumed up most of the nominations, this is partly why.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024
Hilton, who had been about to watch his six-year-old son play a baseball game when he received a call, sprayed and vacuumed the bees away.
From BBC • May 1, 2024
The sheets were clean, the carpet vacuumed, and the bathroom spotless.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
