Sentence examples for mop from inspiring English sources

Terry!" She grabbed a mop to damp down the heat, but the air outside was scorching, and intolerable.

Those poor cleaners have barely had time to mop Kim's waters off the toilet floor and there's another baby on the way.

In many cases, she says, our bodies can mop up any leftover bacteria.

When Airbnb launched in 2008, it was billed as a temporary service, something to mop up an overspill of tourists during conferences or events.

I head there to meet 36-year-old chef Rodolfo Guzman, a wiry man with a mop of unkept black hair.

As the band soundcheck, I watch two attendants mop the auditorium's white plastic chairs after a light sprinkling of rain.

Serve with lots of crusty bread to mop up the piquant juices.

Moments before the red carpet opened, emergency crews were drafted in to mop up a flood.

But among contemporaries, tales of creative parental chastisement – practices the American's might ban as "cruel and unusual punishment" – were legion: smacks, belts, mop sticks.

Aspirations of healthy eating should be left outside the wrought-iron front door, as everything is drenched in local olive oil and accompanied by crusty bread with which to mop it all up.

They shared a mop of greying hair, a taste for smart suits, an accent and a love of stories.