Examples of washtub in a Sentence
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The woman’s cigarette found its way into the washtub, and the ensuing fire quickly became out of control.
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Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2024
The kitchen could barely accommodate a metal washtub, a coal stove, and a dining table, spread with oysters and bread.
—Ismail Ibrahim, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
Before a fire brigade arrived, people on DeKoven Street rushed out of their houses with washtubs full of water.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
Conklin whisked away the washtub, its contents colored by the tights’ aniline dye.
—Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
Working with Lair and the carpenters at the sanctuary, Soldier built an elephant-size xylophone, a drum, and a single-stringed instrument that looked like a washtub bass.
—Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
Over wood fires Collier was making coffee in more than a dozen washtubs.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
Elsewhere, two women collaborated on a performance: one methodically washed pink panties and pinned them to a clothesline, while another, kneeling, repeatedly dunked her head in the washtub.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
Fill a clean washtub or sink with cool water.
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2021
Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2024
The kitchen could barely accommodate a metal washtub, a coal stove, and a dining table, spread with oysters and bread.
—Ismail Ibrahim, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
Before a fire brigade arrived, people on DeKoven Street rushed out of their houses with washtubs full of water.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
Conklin whisked away the washtub, its contents colored by the tights’ aniline dye.
—Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
Working with Lair and the carpenters at the sanctuary, Soldier built an elephant-size xylophone, a drum, and a single-stringed instrument that looked like a washtub bass.
—Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
Over wood fires Collier was making coffee in more than a dozen washtubs.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
Elsewhere, two women collaborated on a performance: one methodically washed pink panties and pinned them to a clothesline, while another, kneeling, repeatedly dunked her head in the washtub.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
Fill a clean washtub or sink with cool water.
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2021
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“Washtub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/washtub. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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washtub
noun
wash·tub
-təb 
: a tub for washing or soaking clothes
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