How to Use wash over in a Sentence

wash over

phrasal verb

• To feel the roar of the crowd wash over him for four more years.
  — Devon Henderson, Oc Register, 6 July 2025
• The low-end is balanced and doesn’t wash over the rest of the track.
  — PC Magazine, 6 May 2025
• Still, a painful wave of hope washed over the families.
  — Matthieu Aikins Bryan Denton, New York Times, 22 May 2024
• Lie down there, close my eyes, shut off my mind, and let the sunlight wash over me.
  — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
• Brush an egg wash over the border and press the crumble over the surface of the carrots.
  — The View, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2023
• In May 2020, riots over the death of George Floyd began to wash over the country.
  — Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Mar. 2025
• Then sit back, close your eyes, and let the confusion wash over you.
  — Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
• Ocean water had washed over the northwest side of the island.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2024
• Relief washed over Belinda as the girls and Robert reached the shore.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
• The relief didn’t wash over the city quite the way anyone expected it to.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
• The goal is to relax and chill, so fold in some music and just let the warm water wash over you.
  — Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
• Sometimes, those ideas washed over her like rogue waves.
  — EW.com, 16 Sep. 2024
• Wright braced for a wave of celebrity to wash over the winery with her guests’ arrival.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2023
• This week, more wildfire smoke washed over Charlottesville and much of the South.
  — Olivia Paschal, The Atlantic, 1 July 2023
• Sydney was awash in green and gold, and the wave of wattle is looking to wash over the rest of the country in the coming weeks.
  — Rachel Yabsley, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2023
• Shirley sticks his recorder out the window and the numbers on it flicker up and down as the roar washes over it.
  — By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024
• In the quiet of that moment, a sense of acceptance washed over him.
  — Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
• Yancy loves nothing more than to recline in his deck chair and let the ocean view wash over him.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
• Let the music, weed and warm water water wash over you.
  — Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
• My father’s voice and Povich’s words washed over me like the milk over my cereal.
  — Washington Post, 14 June 2024
• Those feelings surely washed over her in the aftermath — the hatred and the anger.
  — Kevin McDonnell, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
• Be here now, let the bold, confident flavors wash over you, and save your questions for the walk home.
  — Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 13 Sep. 2023
• With Multiview, for instance, the Olympics wash over you—less like a show, more like a state of being.
  — Brian Stelter, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
• The shirt comes in classic colors like white, black, and beige, and has held up to numerous washes over the years.
  — Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
• And, of course, the Shakespearean cadences that wash over your mind and soul like a lullaby.
  — WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
• Here, a sense of calm washes over all who walk through the doors.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
• Meanwhile, anxiety washes over the rest of the country as the labor market tightens.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
• This bougie-looking set is next-level soft and actually gets softer with washes over time.
  — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026
• Relief washed over students and parents who had feared for the safety of their children.
  — Marybel Rodriguez, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
• The nerves that would wash over her at the top of the hill?
  — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026