Examples of cotton swab in a Sentence
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Use a damp cotton swab to clean the tight spaces, crevices, and corners of your pendant light fixture that have gathered dust or debris.
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USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Use a cotton swab to apply milk of magnesia on your sore.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Mar. 2024
Earlier this year, veterinarians and zookeepers fashioned a brace from a cotton swab for one of the zoo's female Peruvian jumping sticks.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Apple recommends against trying to insert a cotton swab or any other foreign object into your charging port.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 29 Feb. 2024
Most of these devices can be cleaned using a microfiber cloth, cotton swab, water, isopropyl alcohol, or a disinfecting wipe.
—USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
Use a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to kill the critters.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
To use tea tree oil for eyelash mites, place a small amount of the oil solution on a cotton swab and dab it on the eyelashes, eyelids, and base of the eyelash follicles.
—Johnstone M. Kim, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2023
Apply the solution with a cotton swab and gently rub away stains.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2023
USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Use a cotton swab to apply milk of magnesia on your sore.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Mar. 2024
Earlier this year, veterinarians and zookeepers fashioned a brace from a cotton swab for one of the zoo's female Peruvian jumping sticks.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Apple recommends against trying to insert a cotton swab or any other foreign object into your charging port.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 29 Feb. 2024
Most of these devices can be cleaned using a microfiber cloth, cotton swab, water, isopropyl alcohol, or a disinfecting wipe.
—USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
Use a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to kill the critters.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
To use tea tree oil for eyelash mites, place a small amount of the oil solution on a cotton swab and dab it on the eyelashes, eyelids, and base of the eyelash follicles.
—Johnstone M. Kim, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2023
Apply the solution with a cotton swab and gently rub away stains.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2023
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“Cotton swab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cotton%20swab. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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