Example Sentences

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“Whether I was scrubbing floors, playing football, doing banking — whatever it was, be the best I can be at it. That was always the standard for my brothers and I.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2022

We heard that grocery stores were wiping their shelves, carts, and baskets and that New York was scrubbing down its subway cars.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2021

Nearby, Anthony Saat was scrubbing walls in the building where his girlfriend plans to reopen her Red River Tattoo Company.

From Washington Times • Mar. 28, 2021

Taylor Patterson, a 21-year old Washington native who works for a downtown improvement group named after the “Golden Triangle,” the city’s 43-square-block core, was scrubbing graffiti from traffic signs.

From Reuters • Jun. 3, 2020

She was scrubbing vegetables, and a parrot perched on her shoulder.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine