Sentence examples similar to deck scrubbing from inspiring English sources

For very dirty decks, and those that have an existing finish that must be removed, the company markets Thompson's Deck Scrub.

In recent weeks, they have been doing basic chores like painting handrails and scrubbing the deck while the federal government reviewed Castex Energy's application to drill a natural gas well in 150 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico -- a normally quick process that turned glacial after the BP oil spill on April 20 prompted regulators to shut down almost all new drilling in the region.

School breaks allowed me to join the family and crew on expedition and earn further stripes by painting the rails, scrubbing the decks and eventually even manning the helm during the grave yard shift.

The wooden decks have been scrubbed clean.

Even while they were on deck in the moonlight, she and her husband started to scrub the deck, just for the sport of it.

A sailor scrubs the deck the fifth time today, under the watchful eyes of an officer.

He was the oldest man on the ship, but he pulled his weight by doing night watch, and even scrubbed the deck.

A ship's captain has the power-right to order a midshipman to scrub the deck.

The captain's exercise of this power changes the sailor's normative situation: it imposes a new duty upon the sailor and so annuls one of his Hohfeldian privileges (not to scrub the deck).

Scrub the deck and the hull, using marine soap and a medium-soft brush.

In the absence of a decontamination protocol, the ships were cleaned using traditional deck-scrubbing methods: hoses, mops, and brushes, with water, soap, and lye.