Sentence examples for could be washed from inspiring English sources
He is far from the first person to wish the dishes could be washed right there at the table.
A mattress line aimed at combating dust mites, mold and germs, the HealthSmart featured a zip-off top that could be washed or dry cleaned.
In the eighties, salmonella, which had previously been found on the surfaces of eggshells, and could be washed off, began to appear on the inside.
It was hard to muster shock at NPR's report this morning that the purple ink meant to identify people who had voted could be washed off easily.
The big benefit here, apart from cost, was practicality: unlike finicky silks, these cottons could be washed without any danger of the dye running.
Pioneering French surgeon Ambroise Paré noted that itching eye-lids could be washed in the patient's urine – provided that it had been kept "all night in a barber's basin" first.
The Department of Environmental Protection thought a cracked sewer pipe could be washing away sediment.
When Sarah Burton, the creative director of his eponymous label, arrived as a young intern she was warned her duties could be unorthodox: "You could be washing up a shitty dildo".
It could be washing ashore, and a lot of it could be degrading into pieces too small to be detected.
"Collars and cuffs could be detached and cleaned and there were dust ruffles inside the hems of gowns that could also be washed and repressed.
"You plan for a year and it could all be washed away.
