MOP in a Sentence

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21 example sentences for MOP, such as:

1. She bought a new white mop.
2. Fauchelevent mopped his forehead.
3. I mop the kitchen floor twice a week.
4. A worker mopped the floor this morning.
5. He ran a hand through his mop of fair hair.

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 Meanings and Examples of MOP
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
mop
 n.  a stick with soft material attached to one end, especially used for washing floors
 v.  use a cloth to remove sweat from the face
Classic Sentence:
1  It will do my brains good to have that mop taken off.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FIFTEEN
2  "Hannah will tell us what to do, and we'll have everything nice when you come home," added Beth, getting out her mop and dish tub without delay.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
3  When she went shopping she hugged the cans of soup, and she bought a mop or a side of bacon as though she were preparing for a reception.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
4  He was a "squeedgie" man; his job was to go about all day with a long-handled mop, swabbing up the floor.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
5  A huge, broad-shouldered gunner, Number One, holding a mop, his legs far apart, sprang to the wheel; while Number Two with a trembling hand placed a charge in the cannon's mouth.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII
6  He now saw clearly the figure of a red-haired gunner with his shako knocked awry, pulling one end of a mop while a French soldier tugged at the other.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XVI
7  And on Mondays eight servants including an extra gardener toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
8  I know the gentle rivalry to lead the reels very well and so-- The doctor mopped his brow and cast a quizzical glance at the corner, where his wife sat among the chaperons.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  He thoughtfully mopped his reeking features.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
10  Fauchelevent mopped his forehead.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III—MOTHER INNOCENTE
11  He came ambling across the grass, mopping and mowing.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
12  "Yes," said the furze-dealer, standing up, giving his forehead a thorough mopping, and handing the beeswax to Humphrey, who succeeded at the rubbing forthwith.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
13  She would gladly have been converted to Vida's satisfaction in Gopher Prairie and mopping the floor.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
14  Denisov, flushed after the mazurka and mopping himself with his handkerchief, sat down by Natasha and did not leave her for the rest of the evening.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence:
1  She bought a new white mop.
2  You'd better mop up that pool of water on the floor before father sees it.
3  He ran a hand through his mop of fair hair.
4  I mop the kitchen floor twice a week.
5  The usual solution is to send in infantry to mop up any remaining opposition.
6  Kennedy had turned 38 just two days earlier, and his mop of brown hair, slim frame, and charging intensity had always combined to project an aura of youth.
7  A worker mopped the floor this morning.