Sentence examples for rag over the from inspiring English sources

My hands full of empty carafes, I tossed a rag over the mess and yelled to the throng of barefooted girls to mind broken glass as I fetched a broom.

Place this rag over the area you plan on hemming.

Wrap a rag over the cap and remove it.

Pass the alcohol-soaked rag over the paint spot to remove it.

Place the rag over the spot to color and apply heat with the iron.

Hang a wet rag over the middle vent of the car.

Some opponents of the project, led by a Colorado group called Rags Over the Arkansas River, have scathingly dismissed Christo's vision — in general and in detail — as pompous pseudo-art.

Anti-Christo forces, led by a group that has dubbed the project, and the name of their organization, "Rags Over the Arkansas River," or ROAR, said that moneyed interests and state politicians were pushing a project that would mostly benefit outsiders.

A spokeswoman for the main opposition group, called Rags Over the Arkansas River, known by its acronym, ROAR, said the delay would allow more time to marshal evidence, including the impact on bighorn sheep and other local wildlife, that the group says was underestimated by federal land managers.

While their first Tevye, Zero Mostel, often sprinkled too much shtick over his performances, sometimes squeezing Tevye's wet rags over the orchestra pit or joking with an audience member in the front row, he was clearly a comic genius.

Whether you call us "ROAR," or our full name "Rags Over the Arkansas River," our organization is dedicated to preserving and protecting the headwaters of the Arkansas River, the Bighorn Sheep Canyon, its inhabitants and the communities that depend upon them.