Examples of dishrag in a Sentence
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Coogler put down the dishrag and began framing an idea for a story rooted in the centrality of music to the Black experience.
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Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The family washed their clothes by hand and used T-shirts as dishrags to save money.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
Instead of an airbag, crash investigators found dishrags and newspapers.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
Smack in the middle is Asaf, whom the play proceeds to put through a tribal-political wringer that leaves him — and left me — a limp dishrag.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Wrung out like a dishrag, terrified that the pain would return and deeply suspicious of my internal organs, but otherwise OK.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
As Pasher was turning to find the sideline official, Fray reacted to his own shove by flopping onto the ground like a wet dishrag.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 8 June 2023
Being a dishrag extends beyond cooking, of course.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
Their posture resembled a wet dishrag.
—J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Mar. 2021
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Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The family washed their clothes by hand and used T-shirts as dishrags to save money.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
Instead of an airbag, crash investigators found dishrags and newspapers.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
Smack in the middle is Asaf, whom the play proceeds to put through a tribal-political wringer that leaves him — and left me — a limp dishrag.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Wrung out like a dishrag, terrified that the pain would return and deeply suspicious of my internal organs, but otherwise OK.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
As Pasher was turning to find the sideline official, Fray reacted to his own shove by flopping onto the ground like a wet dishrag.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 8 June 2023
Being a dishrag extends beyond cooking, of course.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
Their posture resembled a wet dishrag.
—J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Mar. 2021
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“Dishrag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dishrag. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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