How to Use washroom in a Sentence

washroom

noun
  • The girl, who was shot in the right wrist and grazed in the leg, was found in a washroom near Valdes.
    Rosemary Sobol, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2022
  • There are no bottles of hair spray on the washroom’s counter.
    Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The youngster has joined the firm and been given the keys to the executive washroom.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Face covering is required to use the washroom and may be required on the hayride.
    Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Going to the movies isn’t about sitting on the couch, texting on your phone, hitting the pause button to use the washroom and to grab a snack.
    John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The night crept on with painful slowness in the crowded washroom, where Mr. Barai and the eight other men were again locked in, this time by the gunmen.
    Julfikar Ali Manik, Geeta Anand and Ellen Barry, New York Times, 2 July 2016
  • A job for even the smallest child: Dry mop a dormitory, clean the washroom bowls.
    Kristina Goetz, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2017
  • Not one door to branch off your sleeping chamber from your washroom.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Back at Elara, the brothers filmed Sandler in the building’s grimy first-floor washroom, rubbing gold off his face.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Browse more than 20 of the best bathroom organization ideas to get your washroom tidy and in tip-top shape in no time.
    Country Living Staff, Country Living, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The wallet was gone after an unknown person used the washroom.
    Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2018
  • The stage itself would be 9,700 square feet and have dressing rooms, washrooms, lounges and offices, according to the village.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The messiest the house gets is a literal mess when Enzo can't figure out how to use the bidet in the washroom, and then doesn't clean up the water that gets everywhere.
    Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The women had to wake at precisely eight each morning, but, except for trips to the washroom and the toilet, they were locked in their cells twenty-four hours a day.
    David Remnic, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Upon arrival, officers found him in the men’s washroom of the restaurant, changing his boots.
    Pioneer Press, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • These elegant knobs will give a boring washroom new life.
    Christina Vercelletto, CNN Underscored, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Short of giving up and walking out soiled, or running to the washroom every five minutes, is there a better way to handle this?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 11 July 2019
  • Poland says that, in public washrooms, there are often more bacteria on those faucets than in the toilet water.
    Mayo Clinic News Network, courant.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Hipsters in platform shoes collide in the unisex washroom.
    Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The building also will include a pair of indoor washrooms where residents can clean up for prayers.
    Tad Vezner, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Hundreds of people mulled around the plaza between the washroom and the prayer area, relatives of victims waiting to receive the bodies for burial.
    Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023
  • According to studies, if the door is left uncleaned in a place like a public washroom, thousands of kinds of bacteria can emerge.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2019
  • There are no commercial breaks in OT so my first concern always, during the many intermissions, was fighting the crowd to make it to and from the washroom.
    Richard Deitsch, SI.com, 21 July 2017
  • Church members had been able to use the building’s washrooms and enter after service to make their offerings, Fields said.
    Mike Nolan, Daily Southtown, 20 May 2018
  • The girls were gathered in a downstairs washroom before Sunday services when the blast exploded at 10:22 a.m.
    Kimberly Chandler The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Light up your tent, find your way to the washroom in the middle of the night or illuminate a night trail ahead with this headlamp that can last up to 40 hours on low and has settings for white, dim, strobe and red lights.
    Fiona Tapp, CNN Underscored, 26 Mar. 2021
  • While everyone else is rushing to get to the yard, Monte is rinsing his face, using the washroom, really taking his time.
    Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The ultimate luxury here: Guests in the Grand Suites get full private bathrooms, complete with shower, sink, and toilet, while the rest of the train's guests must use washrooms at the end of their train car.
    Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 June 2017
  • The vessel, announced at a boat show last week in Yokohama, will have room for 15 guests, three bedrooms with their own washrooms, plus separate quarters for crew.
    Fortune, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Police searched the house and only found two instances of blood evidence: a minute spot on one of Lizzie's undergarments and a bucket of bloody cloths in the cellar washroom.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2020

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