Examples of dishrag in a Sentence
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Behind him, his shadow is impossibly small, not much larger than a dishrag.
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
She was loaded up with everything from engine grease to asparagus, dishrags to lightbulbs, noodles to pillowcases.
—Doug Most
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
People could buy everything on the train: batteries, flashlights, umbrellas, chocolate, candy, dishrags, dolls, toy cars, the newest electronic gadget.
—Hazlitt, 6 Aug. 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
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
She was loaded up with everything from engine grease to asparagus, dishrags to lightbulbs, noodles to pillowcases.
—Doug Most
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
People could buy everything on the train: batteries, flashlights, umbrellas, chocolate, candy, dishrags, dolls, toy cars, the newest electronic gadget.
—Hazlitt, 6 Aug. 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
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“Dishrag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dishrag. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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