How to Use mop in a Sentence

mop

1 of 2 noun

• Use a mop to wipe the tile on the floor.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
• Use a mop to wipe the tile on the floor.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
• There's no need to push all that dirt around with your mop.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
• The mop cart has been replaced.
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
• Wipe floors with a damp towel or mop.
  — Emerson Latham, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2026
• One key sign is the look of the mop fabric.
  — Lauren David, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
• The mop or … the court cover, yeah.
  — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 30 May 2026
• Clean wood floors weekly with a damp mop.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
• The air around the mop sink was choked by 20 flies.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
• Just don't forget the spin mop!
  — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
• Instead, spot clean wood floors with a damp mop.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2026
• Use a mop or a damp cloth, rather than sweeping.
  — Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 15 May 2026
• The kitchen handsink drained into the mop sink.
  — Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
• If your mop doesn't have divots, don't fret.
  — Rabekah Henderson, The Spruce, 27 Feb. 2026
• Simply stretch one fuzzy sock over each end of the mop head.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 11 Jan. 2026
• Wring out the mop and make sure the mop is not sopping wet.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
• Wring out the mop and make sure the mop is not sopping wet.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
• The key here is to sweep first, then follow with a damp mop.
  — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
• Mop the residue away with a mop dipped in clean, warm water.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
• While the ribs are starting to cook, let’s make the mop sauce.
  — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
• Simply spray on the floor and wipe down with a damp mop or cloth.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2026
• Simply spray on the floor and wipe down with a damp mop or cloth.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
• Simply spray on the floor and wipe down with a damp mop or cloth.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 19 June 2026
• The Sphere better have big mops.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
• Then, wet mop or steam mop the floors to remove any stains or marks.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
• Then, wet mop or steam mop the floors to remove any stains or marks.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
• Then, wet mop or steam mop the floors to remove any stains or marks.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
• So gone is the mop style with the flowing hair and in is a calmer look.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2023
• Steam mops—Avoid steam mops on hardwood floors.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
• Steam mops—Avoid steam mops on hardwood floors.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025

mop

2 of 2 verb

• He mopped the sweat from his brow.
• Then mop your tile floors and rinse.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
• If the bathroom floor is dirty, mop it — and so on.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
• Thus cued the stagehand who emerged to the right wing of the stage, mop in hand.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
• Grown men are crying and mopping their eyes.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
• Men like Quraishi staffed the microwave ovens and mopped the floors.
  — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 21 Aug. 2019
• Many new models have bases that wash and dry the mopping pads too.
  — Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2023
• Why is my linoleum floor still dirty after mopping?
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026
• Why is my linoleum floor still dirty after mopping?
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
• The woman is mopping the hall, the front door sits open.
  — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
• Then fill it with clean water and mop the floor again to rinse off any bleach residue.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
• Then fill it with clean water and mop the floor again to rinse off any bleach residue.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
• There’s an amazing new steam mop out and all the mommies have it.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 25 Dec. 2020
• Everyone will want to run it, and no one will want to mop the floors.
  — Paul Ford, Wired, 3 Aug. 2022
• The last step is always mopping.
  — Aliyah Rodriguez, The Spruce, 27 May 2026
• Mix ⅓ cup bleach per gallon of water, spray or mop it on, then scrub.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
• Sweep, then mop or scrub the bathroom and kitchen floors, and any other floor that needs it.
  — Christy Piña, Woman's Day, 27 Jan. 2021
• Wipe down the area again or mop the area with disinfectant.
  — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 6 May 2026
• Which moped with the chrome plated handlebars at the back of the yard?
  — Paul Grimstad, The New Yorker, 16 July 2019
• Rooms with low traffic can be mopped every other week.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
• Rooms with low traffic can be mopped every other week.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
• Rooms with low traffic can be mopped every other week.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2025
• Much respect to any and everyone who wants to mop their floors with their feet.
  — Popular Science, 19 Sep. 2020
• For best results, mop your high-traffic areas no more than once a week.
  — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
• When mopping the floors, be sure to look around for stains or buildup between the floorboards.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025
• Get on my hands & knees for mop their drink up from the floor, kiss their beautiful ankles.
  — Tayi Tibble, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
• Mix about 1½ cups of cleaner per gallon of water, then spray or mop on.
  — Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2020
• Floors once strewn with needles are regularly mopped and buffed to a sheen.
  — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• Stone and tile floors can be mopped with cotton towels moistened with very hot water.
  — Emerson Latham, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2026
• This is done by building staff, often after the stairway’s floor is mopped.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026