How to Use capful in a Sentence

capful

noun

• Add a capful of the cleaning liquid, then pop the clean water tank back on the stick.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2021
• How to use: Apply half a capful of the foam once daily directly to your scalp in the hair loss area.
  — Sam Peters, ELLE, 31 Jan. 2023
• If their hands get dirty, Martinez washes them in a tub of soap, water and a capful of bleach.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 2 June 2020
• Add one capful of bleach to a liter of water and force it through the filter in the usual direction of flow.
  — Alisha McDarris, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2023
• Finish by brushing the tongue, then rinse with half a capful of mouthwash.
  — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Jan. 2023
• Laundry When your big washing day comes around, toss in a capful of white vinegar.
  — Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2017
• The mosquitoes, which bite during the day and fly only half a block, can breed in a tiny capful of water but also like to hover in drains.
  — Lizette Alvarez, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2016
• Mix one capful of a clear hand dishwashing detergent, such as Dawn, with about two cups of lukewarm water.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
• In a bucket, combine 4 cups of water with 2 cups of vinegar and ½ capful of laundry detergent.
  — Fox News, 3 Dec. 2015
• Start out by filling a sink with lukewarm water and a capful of baby shampoo or an equal amount of hair conditioner.
  — Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2018
• First remove dirt with a nylon medium-bristle brush and a capful of Woolite diluted in a bowl of warm water, says Fabrizio.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2018
• Terry fills the pot about a quarter full of the bark potting material and then adds a capful of his granular fertilizer and mixes it well into the bark.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• Throwing a capful of bleach into the latter will significantly cut down on the bugs that can hang on to plates and utensils washed haphazardly by headlamp.
  — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 25 July 2019
• Numerous websites hawk the drug online for as little as $5 a capful; some sellers label it as a window cleaner, fish tank cleaner, or ink remover.
  — Cara Tabachnick, Marie Claire, 20 Oct. 2015
• The effectiveness of the testing, in which a small drug sample is dissolved in scarcely a capful of water into which a strip is then dipped, relies completely on the user’s compliance.
  — Jan Hoffman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 26 Aug 2024