How to Use dry cleaning in a Sentence
dry cleaning
noun- I can pick up the dry cleaning on my way home.
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For extremely delicate or old items, dry cleaning may be the only way to clean the item without damaging it.
— Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2024 -
There are even eco-friendly fabrics, such as Mango’s fluid, lyocell version, to round out the mix, which doesn’t require dry cleaning—simply wash and hang dry.
— Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024 -
Well, the servants are the ones who did the grocery shopping, the dry cleaning, et cetera.
— Marc Malkin, Variety, 16 Dec. 2023 -
The talk of dry cleaning and pricing tiers had subdued him.
— Christina Binkley, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2019 -
Gone are the free lunches, the free dry cleaning and the free pass on hitting your numbers.
— Sterling Lanier, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022 -
The only thing that gives it away as a bedroom is the bed, the nightstand and her dry cleaning flapping in the wind.
— Brad Mielke, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2021 -
These should be hung to dry, as either putting them in the dryer or dry cleaning them can shrink them.
— Chris Hachey, BGR, 3 June 2021 -
Also, the dry cleaning does nothing for the pill-y cashmere.
— Jolie Kerr, Esquire, 21 Oct. 2016 -
If Bruce Wayne has a tuxedo though, it's buried somewhere deep in his dry cleaning.
— Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2022 -
These Boohoo satin pants can be cleaned from the comfort of your laundry room, which means no more dry cleaning bills.
— Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023 -
One altered clothes as a kid in his dad's dry cleaning business.
— Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2020 -
This, of course, begs the question: Can dry cleaning really be done at home?
— Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 30 Apr. 2021 -
Here’s what works in retail: bars, hair salons and dry cleaning.
— WSJ, 4 Nov. 2018 -
And no need to launder: Rent the Runway has an intense dry cleaning program that takes care of that for you.
— Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024 -
Tony, one of the headwaiters, is already halfway up the first flight, his dry cleaning draped over his arm.
— New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020 -
That’s what those people have done -- owned a dry cleaning company for a long, long time.
— Taylor Mims, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2020 -
His aides were also asked to pick up his dry cleaning — all on taxpayer dime, of course.
— Alessandra Potenza, The Verge, 11 June 2018 -
There was already a restaurant, a cafe and a dry cleaning and garment repair shop.
— Trefor Moss, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 -
Clearly annoyed and unsatisfied, Grace asks him to pick up the dry cleaning on the way home.
— Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 10 May 2021 -
Kapoor used voice control to ask the Assistant on a Google smart display to remind Wilson to pick up the dry cleaning in the evening.
— Lauren Goode, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2019 -
As for care, the brand recommends spot cleaning or dry cleaning.
— Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2022 -
But at-home dry cleaning solutions like Dryel can work in between big trips to the cleaners.
— Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 17 Sep. 2019 -
The rest of the episode is given over to discussing such matters, and others related to dry cleaning.
— Dan Duray, Town & Country, 20 May 2019 -
According to neighborhood lore, the ghost ship was once a dry cleaning shop.
— Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 14 Aug. 2020 -
Not only will your dry cleaning bill be much smaller, but stains may no longer be as daunting to sort out on your own.
— Julia Gall, Marie Claire, 4 May 2020 -
One hole was found in the left window of a dry cleaning store, underneath a tuxedo logo.
— Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2019 -
The two men separate fluff-and-fold from dry cleaning and stuff orders into black bags that Nunez carries to a van.
— Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024 -
The dry cleaning chain is known for its same-day, one-price business model in which customers can have clothing items cleaned for a flat rate of $2.29.
— Randy Tucker, Cincinnati.com, 11 June 2018 -
Uber riders can now attend brunch with their friends, pick up their dry cleaning, go to the bank, and head back home all in one trip on the ride-hailing service.
— Fortune, 28 Apr. 2021
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