Sentence examples for it needs washing from inspiring English sources

If a man holds up a mirror to your nature and shows you that it needs washing — not whitewashing — it is no use breaking the mirror".

Just like our hair, if it feels rough or dry, it needs washing.

It smelled like it needed washing, but it was a nice smell.

"A brain needs washing if there is a problem, just as clothes need washing if they're dirty, and a kidney needs washing if it's sick," he said, according to the local news media.

"Don't wait until you can actually see that your bedding needs washing".

There might be a uniform that needs washing.

If using an old sock, it may need washing.

You need one that: Keeps your hair clean, so it doesn't need washing every day.

6) a.*The car needs washed, not necessarily by you, but by someone before the weekend.

If "needs washed" sentences involved adjectival participles, we would expect that (12c) would be possible.

13) a.*The new set still needs washed to kill germs.