wipe

Example Sentences

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“When he left baseball suddenly, I knew something was wrong,” Bean’s mother, Linda Kovac, said Friday, pausing to wipe away tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

I had to pause momentarily while writing this paragraph just to wipe a tear from the corner of my eye.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

When Musk told Page that he would prefer that the AIs not wipe out all humans, Page accused him of being a “speciesist,” Musk testified.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

ATMs were supposed to wipe out bank tellers.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Her whole body heaved with sobs and snot ran down her face and she didn’t even bother to wipe it off.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff