How to Use laundry in a Sentence

laundry

noun
  • There's a pile of dirty laundry in the laundry basket.
  • The patients' sheets are sent regularly to the hospital laundry.
  • It can be wiped down and the crib sheet can be tossed in the laundry for cleanup.
    Ambrosia V. Brody, Parents, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The laundry from a houseful of people, food and drink bills, the cleanup.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • To water the plants, do laundry and fill our pets’ bowls.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
  • Moldy food in the fridge, damp laundry left in the dryer, or a leaky pipe could be to blame.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The tidy actor also does the laundry and cooks all the meals in the Prinze-Gellar house.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2022
  • In France, at home, his laundry was done for him; his meals were cooked for him.
    Scott Bordow, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2023
  • The unit comes with its own laundry and storage area in the basement.
    Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
  • Or because the pay gap still exists and so does the laundry.
    Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024
  • The laundry of the displaced hangs out the windows and all along the metal fence around the hospital.
    Vivian Yee, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
  • And things are about to get worse for our Frenchman, who hasn’t done his own laundry in decades.
    EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Cover it and put it in the laundry room or some other cool spot.
    al, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Toward the back of the home, there's a laundry room, mudroom, and the primary suite.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Salinas put River in the car and grabbed her phone, purse and a bag of clean laundry from the trailer.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Bri then returns to the laundry, finds Nick’s missing pants, and puts them in the dryer.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 10 June 2024
  • Down the hall are the laundry room and a guest bathroom, which Smith switched around, saving space in each with barn doors.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Joey Bosa suited up, looked nice, no need to do laundry.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Even after a spin in the laundry, these jeans still looked good, fit well, and didn’t show any signs of damage.
    Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The cotton-polyester blend is durable enough to last for years and can be thrown in with your laundry for easy cleaning.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The noise-making kitchen, laundry room and a workshop for the water heater and furnace were on one side of the house.
    oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The ponte fabric requires no extra steps—simply toss it in the laundry with the rest of your clothes.
    Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2023
  • During that time, Alex was off doing laundry at the house of a family friend of the bride and groom's.
    Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The Freemans were in their laundry room no more than 10 minutes.
    The Courier-Journal, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Do your laundry before going to bed and hang clothes to dry overnight.
    Outside Online, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Carbona products have long been favorites in the Cleaning Lab, from the laundry room to the kitchen.
    Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Their uniforms sat in the laundry, caked with dry asbestos.
    Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Like paying bills and eating more fiber, laundry is one of the less fun parts of adulting.
    Leslie J. Thompson, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Do this in every room — dishes out of the sink, toys off the ground, that mountain of clean laundry folded.
    Hannah Holland, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Everyone has the usual fence, and inside there are rods to dry the laundry on.
    Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024

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