How to Use clothesline in a Sentence

clothesline

noun

• There was a clothesline in the yard and soda stacked on the side porch.
  — oregonlive.com, 4 June 2019
• Dirty masks are clipped to rows of clothesline strung across the UVC room.
  — Rebecca Richards-Kortum, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2021
• Her body was found hung up on a clothesline by a group of hunters.
  — Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 9 July 2018
• Bring the rug outside and hang it over a fence or clothesline.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 13 Apr. 2020
• Even now, the play snaps as freshly as a clothesline in a cool wind.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
• The clothesline sliced into her neck, and Stone slipped through the stirrups.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2021
• The Skivvies lay it all on the line each and every performance – the clothesline, that is.
  — Jacob Sweet, sacbee.com, 29 June 2017
• Use heavy-duty white glue to attach the clothesline pieces over the chalk lines.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
• Washboards were used among yards and yards of clotheslines.
  — Kim Woodard Osterholzer, WSJ, 14 June 2018
• Workers found the body of a man face down near a clothesline, the T-shirts somehow still blowing in the wind.
  — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
• Then, take the blanket out to hang dry on a drying rack or clothesline.
  — Natalie Schumann, Country Living, 28 Jan. 2020
• Remove the silk item from the towel and hang it on a hanger or clothesline.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
• The photographs of the accused that hung from the clothesline amounted to more than 300.
  — Diana García, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2022
• Your teeth are rattling and the pipes are freezing and the laundry on the clothesline has turned solid.
  — Alex Thomas, ajc, 5 Jan. 2018
• And one bit in which the Blue Men strung neon clotheslines across the stage appeared meaningless.
  — Barbara Ellis, The Know, 23 Oct. 2019
• Got to see the Raja Bell clothesline (of Kobe Bryant) in nosebleeds on my birthday.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2021
• The only color comes from clotheslines strung out over the valley.
  — Rachel Poser, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
• Clothing dries on a series of clotheslines strung across Cowger’s yard.
  — Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 13 June 2017
• Cut a clothesline into pieces to fit your design, and singe the ends of each piece to prevent fraying.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
• The scars are the reminders of clothesline tackles and hook-arm defenses.
  — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2023
• Towels hang on a make-shift clothesline that Maria Vázquez has strung across her patio.
  — Kiana Cole, charlotteobserver, 27 Apr. 2018
• All the curtains would come down for a good washing and be hung out to dry on a ginormous clothesline.
  — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 15 May 2020
• Cut clothesline into pieces to fit your design, and singe the ends of each piece to prevent fraying.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
• Read full article There was the wire clothesline in the courtyard, draped with a blue blanket cut into the size of a postage stamp.
  — Vivian Wang, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• Use a clothespin or binder clip to hang each bag on a clothesline in bright light but away from direct sunlight.
  — Nan Sterman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 June 2017
• Women hang laundry on clotheslines strung up in a vast olive grove that climbs up a hillside.
  — Patrick Strickland, The New York Review of Books, 4 Mar. 2020
• This handy reusable clothesline made our list of the Best Gifts Under $25.
  — Medea Giordano, Wired, 28 Nov. 2020
• Laundry soap, clothesline, sketch book, and first aid kit rounded out the contents.
  — John Martin, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2021
• Use a dry-erase board, a chalkboard or even index cards hung from a clothesline with clothespins.
  — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 29 June 2023
• Hanging loops snap shut and can be used to securely hang the towel from a pack loop or clothesline for drying on the road or trail.
  — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024