How to Use dry cleaner in a Sentence

dry cleaner

noun
  • My wool coat is still at the dry cleaner's.
  • I take my clothes to a local dry cleaner.
  • And for course, NASA didn’t get the name from this dry cleaner.
    Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2019
  • All looked straight-from-the-dry cleaner when we were done.
    Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 24 Mar. 2021
  • In the event of a spill, dab up as much as possible, and leave the rest to the dry cleaner.
    Heloise, Washington Post, 18 July 2019
  • And your dryer can’t do the kind of crisp pressing a dry cleaner can.
    Kevin Brasler, Washington Post, 17 May 2022
  • Dennis, who at one point owned the local dry cleaner, died a few months ago at the age of 69.
    Steve Hartman, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Hopefully there will be no dry cleaner bills at the end of it.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The postman, the fireman, the policeman and clerk at the convenience store, the ladies at the dry cleaner.
    Kyle Ringo, San Antonio Express-News, 27 May 2018
  • Buy one, buy them all, and wear them until your dry cleaner gives you side eye.
    Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 1 Mar. 2018
  • But the sandwich is well worth any foreseeable trip to the dry cleaners.
    Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 6 June 2018
  • The wooden front gate swung open when a dry cleaner’s van arrived.
    Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 19 May 2022
  • If the cushion covers are washable, stick them in the wash ASAP or take them to the dry cleaner.
    Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 17 Dec. 2018
  • Yoon Dong Kim got a job at a dry cleaner through a church connection.
    Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2021
  • There was the dry cleaner who brought deliveries to her home and who felt free to kiss her — a girl of just 10 or 11 — on the lips.
    BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Sending your clothes to the dry cleaner is a fail safe — if expensive — way to kill moths.
    New York Times, 23 June 2021
  • Benson, who works at a dry cleaner, hand washed it and put her on display.
    Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Your neighbor, who owns the local dry cleaners or UPS store.
    Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2019
  • If the garment cannot be laundered at home, take it to a dry cleaner right away and identify the stain.
    Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The pastor’s wife, who ran her own dry cleaner, trained Stacy Kim.
    Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2021
  • Pet owners don’t want to go to the dry cleaner each time their pup has an accident!
    Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Before any event, make sure your pants are creased and your shirts are ironed, preferably at a dry cleaner.
    Tucker Westbrook, Town & Country, 5 July 2018
  • De Leon herself moved to Milwaukee in 1999 to look for work as a dry cleaner.
    Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
  • One morning in 2008, Hardin was walking out of the dry cleaner’s when two F.B.I. agents approached him.
    Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Or, at the very least, have a good laundromat or dry cleaner on standby.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The Times takes a deep dive into the history of the Korean dry cleaner in the United States.
    Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2021
  • If that doesn't work, take your item to a dry cleaner that specializes in treating leather.
    Lauren Smith McDonough, Good Housekeeping, 29 Mar. 2021
  • As for her romantic dress, it’s headed straight for the dry cleaner.
    Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 24 June 2019
  • The Johnsons spent about four months readying their corner shop in the tan building that once housed a dry cleaner.
    René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • If that doesn't work or your purse is made of unfinished leather, take it to a dry cleaner that specializes in treating leather.
    Lauren Smith McDonough, Good Housekeeping, 25 Jan. 2023

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