How to Use soap in a Sentence

soap

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• Make sure you use soap and water to wash your hands.
• Her first acting job was on a soap.
• The store sells many different brands of liquid soaps.
• Using one of the soft sponges, wipe down the wall and work the soap into the dirt.
  — Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful, 21 June 2023
• They were stripped of their clothes and scrubbed with lye soap.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
• Kelly got her start in the 1990s on the soap All My Children.
  — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 3 Aug. 2023
• Then, throw away the gloves and facemask, and wash your hands with soap and water.
  — USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
• Use a microfiber cloth, water and mild dish soap to clean the paste off.
  — Maya Pottiger, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
• Just add dish soap and water to the pitcher, and run the self-clean cycle.
  — Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2023
• Writers and producers who aren’t in the WGA can still make the soaps based on plot sketches.
  — Vulture, 6 June 2023
• Clean the cooking area with mild dish soap (such as Dawn) or a degreaser.
  — House Beautiful, 16 May 2023
• Here's how to make dish soap your secret cleaning weapon.
  — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• Scrub Oven Let the water cool and mix with dishwashing soap.
  — Alicia Chilton, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2023
• Again, don't soak the shoe—the rule about excess liquid applies to soap and water, too.
  — Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
• Ideally, a wok is easy to clean with water and a little mild dish soap.
  — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
• Juicers that need to be hand washed should be taken apart, then cleaned carefully with mild soap.
  — Caroline Thomason, Health, 5 July 2023
• Scroll ahead for the best soaps for tattoos, according to experts.
  — Jasmine Washington, seventeen.com, 2 June 2023
• Rinse your entire ice box with warm water to remove soap residue.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
• Each chair can handle about 300 pounds, and the cushion covers can be cleaned with mild soap and water.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024
• If you do get bitten, wash the bite area with soap and water, then apply ice to reduce swelling.
  — Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
• Pleshek uses a homemade spray of a cup each of water and white vinegar and a teaspoon of dish soap to clean acrylic.
  — Jerica Pender, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
• While waiting for your food, be sure to browse the selection of housemade goods like jams, honey, and soaps.
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
• Another issue pointed out by users is that the next meal made in the air fryer tastes and smells like dish soap.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2023
• Made of natural rubber, this mat is safe to hand wash with mild soap and warm water.
  — Julie Evans, Parents, 23 Oct. 2023
• Wash your hands frequently and with warm water and soap for at least 20 seconds.
  — Christin Perry, Parents, 19 Aug. 2023
• Clean the filter with soap and water; some are dishwasher-safe.
  — Maya Pottiger, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• The actor was known for his roles in several soaps, starting with All My Children in 2007.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
• Then rinse them under running water until all the soap is gone.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 10 June 2023
• There weren’t washing instructions, so our tester opted to hand wash the collar with soap and water and set it out in the sun to dry.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
• Most knits can be hand-washed in cool water and a little dish soap; woven garments — especially those that are lined — need to go to the dry cleaner.
  — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024

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• He soaped and rinsed the car.
• I soap my hair first when I take a shower.
• Justin Jones was soaping his 309-pound body when his phone rang.
  — Dan Woike, latimes.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• But all that soaping up, as well as dry air, can lead to ultra-dry skin.
  — Jessica Kasparian, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2020
• Bush soaped down her new stepchildren and outfitted them with her own kids’ clothes.
  — Gillian Brockell, Washington Post, 12 May 2018
• Wait for the drop while getting soaped up: This party involves fives hours of EDM music, thousands of gallons of foam, flashing lights, and roughly 7,000 people.
  — Tarpley Hitt, Philly.com, 28 June 2017
• At Halloween, kids soaped her windows and littered her porch with corn (a prank popular among rural Midwestern youths).
  — Tony Rehagen, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2019
• When each shift of migrants had finished eating—a good meal of frijoles and some kind of stew, with salsa and hot fresh tortillas on the side—the volunteers soaped dishes in a plastic tub, while the next batch waited outside on the sidewalk.
  — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 5 July 2019
• Kids strung ropes across sidewalks to trip people in the dark, tied the doorknobs of opposing apartments together, mowed down shrubs, upset swill barrels, rattled or soaped windows, and, once, filled the streets of Catalina Island with boats.
  — Lesley Bannatyne, Smithsonian, 27 Oct. 2017
• While not as effective as soap, hand sanitizer provides quick and easy cleaning should soap and water not be readily available.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2020
• All very innocent — moving lawn furniture a block down the street, soaping windows, leaving stink bombs on porches (homemade, nonchemical, nonexplosive types) and moving outhouses.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019
• He soaped and rinsed the car.
• I soap my hair first when I take a shower.
• Justin Jones was soaping his 309-pound body when his phone rang.
  — Dan Woike, latimes.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• But all that soaping up, as well as dry air, can lead to ultra-dry skin.
  — Jessica Kasparian, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2020
• Bush soaped down her new stepchildren and outfitted them with her own kids’ clothes.
  — Gillian Brockell, Washington Post, 12 May 2018
• Wait for the drop while getting soaped up: This party involves fives hours of EDM music, thousands of gallons of foam, flashing lights, and roughly 7,000 people.
  — Tarpley Hitt, Philly.com, 28 June 2017
• At Halloween, kids soaped her windows and littered her porch with corn (a prank popular among rural Midwestern youths).
  — Tony Rehagen, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2019
• When each shift of migrants had finished eating—a good meal of frijoles and some kind of stew, with salsa and hot fresh tortillas on the side—the volunteers soaped dishes in a plastic tub, while the next batch waited outside on the sidewalk.
  — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 5 July 2019
• Kids strung ropes across sidewalks to trip people in the dark, tied the doorknobs of opposing apartments together, mowed down shrubs, upset swill barrels, rattled or soaped windows, and, once, filled the streets of Catalina Island with boats.
  — Lesley Bannatyne, Smithsonian, 27 Oct. 2017
• While not as effective as soap, hand sanitizer provides quick and easy cleaning should soap and water not be readily available.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2020
• All very innocent — moving lawn furniture a block down the street, soaping windows, leaving stink bombs on porches (homemade, nonchemical, nonexplosive types) and moving outhouses.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024