"wash" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In a behavioral parallel to the musical fastidiousness of his later period, he brushed his teeth and washed repeatedly, often for hours a day.
- I do remember, as a boy, catching my father repeatedly washing his hands, then seeing him struggle to turn off the bathroom light with his elbow to avoid germs.
- And in order to ease that fear, you repeatedly wash your hands.
- "Scientific studies show that if you wash repeatedly, especially with an antibacterial soap, this will reduce mosquito biting," Dr. Zwiebel said.
- In Utah he applied makeup to Melissa Smith's lifeless face, and he repeatedly washed Laura Aime's hair.
- The term was coined by Dr. William Alexander Hammond in 1879 when describing a case of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) exhibited in repeatedly washing one's hands.
- His enthusiasm for cleaning prompted him to repeatedly wash his clothes and dishes, an obsession that has meant big detergent bills.
- With a grapple and a line we could have saved it, for the waves repeatedly washed it within cast, but they as often took it back.
- One example is an excessive fear of germs and the compulsion to repeatedly wash the hands to ward off infection.
- One may repeatedly wash hands or other body parts, sometimes for hours, to ensure cleanliness.
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