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.
  • Off the kitchen is a laundry room and the staff quarters.
    Vivian Marino, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The laundry on their clotheslines was oily to the touch.
    Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2021
  • There was a big pile of clean laundry on the deck of the treadmill.
    George Saunders, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Put all the laundry in the basket and then set that down.
    Kc Davis, SELF, 12 Oct. 2022
  • It can be wiped down and the crib sheet can be tossed in the laundry for cleanup.
    Ambrosia V. Brody, Parents, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Just off the kitchen is a laundry room with access to the garage.
    Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • My dad does the laundry, cooks for both of them and helps her bathe.
    Michelle Boudin, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The laundry from a houseful of people, food and drink bills, the cleanup.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • And throw your cashmere throws in the laundry a few times a year.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Gut knew this meant her friends in the laundry room would be killed.
    NBC News, 27 Jan. 2022
  • What if doing the laundry and having a treat were one and the same?
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 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
  • Two half baths and a large laundry room the main level.
    Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • His mom still does his laundry and changes his sheets for him.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • The beads dissolve in water and add a fresh scent to your laundry.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Or because the pay gap still exists and so does the laundry.
    Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024
  • Laces can be thrown in the laundry, yes, but the rest of your boot needs attention too.
    Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2022
  • Don't overlook the laundry hamper that's just $24 and can hold up to 22 pounds at a time.
    Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2022
  • The ceilings were low, the rooms were cramped, and the recording booth was accessed through a laundry room.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Their parents waved to them from afar and passed food over a fence and took their laundry home.
    Lori Riley, courant.com, 14 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • When a light came on in the laundry room in Byron Lambert's house at 1:30 a.m.
    Rebecca Santana, Chron, 1 Sep. 2021
  • There’s one only visible through a peephole hidden behind a panel on a wall, and there’s even one printed on a yellow sweatshirt mixed in with a sea of white button-down shirts on a conveyor belt in the laundry.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 17 June 2025
  • The $1,202 in monthly maintenance covers heat, hot water, and electricity, while getting you a bike room, in-building laundry, additional storage space, a full-time doorman, a live-in super, and a concierge.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 24 June 2025

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