john

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Recent Examples of john Trolling motors have come a long way since the days of that old tiller-drive unit hanging off the transom of Grandpa’s leaky john boat. The Editors, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2019 To the right stood a porta-john, attendant to a nearby construction site: Kim’s neighbor was erecting a barn that Bev suspected would actually serve as a stealth rental cottage. J. Robert Lennon, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019 Before you make morning coffee, take a shower or flush the john or run the washing machine to bring cold, pure water into your plumbing, says Judy Davids, community engagement specialist in Royal Oak. Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2019 That slow circumnavigation past highway and ditch, the mountain of gravel and the porta-john. J. Robert Lennon, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019 See All Example Sentences for john
Recent Examples of Synonyms for john
Noun
  • But our guide in Nuremburg, Germany, was clearly peeved when some cruise passengers (including us) asked to use the restrooms at the start of a long trek through Nuremberg’s Imperial Castle grounds.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
  • The project, which is expected to take about five years, includes restoring the Great Hall to its original appearance; expanding and relocating the café, shop and restrooms; and creating a space for public programming.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Hargitay jolts up, this time lugging the laptop into an en suite bathroom.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • Use a gentle, non-abrasive cleaner on chrome fixtures like faucets and knobs in the bathroom since lemon juice reacts with the metal and causes corrosion and spotting over time.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • The group of inmates escaped by yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet, crawling through a hole in the wall behind it and scaling a barbed wire fence in the early morning hours.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 June 2025
  • The 10 inmates escaped from the Orleans Justice Center in the early morning hours of May 16 after climbing through a hole behind a toilet.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 June 2025

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