How To Use Mop up In A Sentence
-
And then last night I spilt a glass of beer on my desk and had to grab about a ton of stuff off it and throw it on the floor so that I could mop up the mess.
-
Well, as the hurricane gathers strength and mulls where to strike next, South Florida is left with a mess to mop up.
-
In a wonderfully economic circle, the hemp is used to mop up pig waste, then the crop is harvested and fed to the pigs.
-
Serve immediately with lots of fresh bread to mop up the spicy juices, or with new potatoes.
-
Mop up turkey juices with a paper towel, then use an antibacterial cleanser to wash down the counter and sink.
-
We wedged the sides in the casements and, while Graham was outside applying more nails and battens to make it weather-tight, I fetched old towels to mop up the water on the window seat and on the floor beneath.
-
The specialist South Yorkshire Police sniffers and their handlers are being called on to mop up more than 150 missing-person and murder cases.
-
Hopefully, the recent addition of a young Limousin bull will help us mop up stragglers next spring.
-
Life is like a mop, using today to mop up yesterday and wipe out tomorrow.
-
The wives have got some income to mop up personal allowances and lower tax rates, instead of the income all being taxed on Fred and Jim at 40%.
-
Perhaps even stranger, ARS researchers have found that ordinary poultry manure, when converted by carbonization into granules and powders, can mop up pollutants in water.
-
White will mop up the black queenside pawns and take the rook at his leisure.
-
They mop up insects and spiders as they go.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Do you want some bread to mop up that sauce?
-
The usual solution is to send in infantry to mop up any remaining opposition.
-
You'd better mop up that pool of water on the floor before father sees it.
-
Mop up turkey juices with a paper towel, then use an antibacterial cleanser to wash down the counter and sink.
-
Troops combed the area to mop up any remaining resistance.
-
The usual solution is to send in infantry to mop up any remaining opposition.
-
Mop up turkey juices with a paper towel, then use an antibacterial cleanser to wash down the counter and sink.
-
Not for the bishop who has to mop up the inevitable mess.
ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
-
Then he dropped his eyes to his plate and began to mop up a puddle of syrup with a bit of waffle.
JANAKY AND THE GIANT
-
Rove, Beck, Hannity et al never hesitated to tell us what a great job our trustworthy patriots at Federal agencies from the FBI to CIA to NSA to EPA to Treasury were doing, and we just needed to get out of the way and let them mop up.
Privileged And Impotent | ATTACKERMAN
-
Hopefully, the recent addition of a young Limousin bull will help us mop up stragglers next spring.
-
Africa must stop standing on the sideline and watching others mop up its mess.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Sweet wild blueberries are bursting with antioxidants, which mop up nasty free radicals.
-
You can serve it with rice or chapatis or nan bread to mop up.
-
A North Vancouver company that manufactures state-of-the-art oil spill cleanup equipment is sending two containers to Iraq to help mop up oil spewing from burning oil wells.
-
Mop up turkey juices with a paper towel, then use an antibacterial cleanser to wash down the counter and sink.
-
She grabbed a bundle of tissues from a tissue box and tried to mop up the mess.
-
Serve with a good loaf of bread to help mop up the delicious tuna mayonnaise dressing.
-
According to eyewitnesses, the embarrassed singer then fled the poolside area to her hotel room, leaving pool attendants to mop up.
-
The usual solution is to send in infantry to mop up any remaining opposition.
-
Fetch a cloth to mop up the spill.
-
I shall be glad to mop up the last of the office work that was waiting for me on my return from holiday.
-
This leaves the youth driven movement in the tough position of having to remobilize and mop up the hard fought gains in the $80 million battle.
Daniel Heimpel: Better Foster Care: A Child-Powered Movement
-
He positions his tie over the gap, but when he spills tea on his trousers the tie is deployed to mop up the mess.
Times, Sunday Times
-
I shall be glad to mop up the last of the office work that was waiting for me on my return from holiday.
-
They mop up insects and spiders as they go.
Times, Sunday Times
-
You'd better mop up that pool of water on the floor before father sees it.
-
They mop up molecules in the body that would otherwise damage cells and could cause cancer.
-
We see them having to mop up bathrooms splattered with blood and tidy bedrooms full of the detritus and stench of death.
Times, Sunday Times
-
You'd better mop up that pool of water on the floor before father sees it.
-
But police and fire crews were left to mop up hundreds of complaints about troublesome youths.
-
Troops combed the area to mop up any remaining resistance.
-
Overseeing the whole shebang is Big Chief Random Chaos, possibly not the most suitable candidate for a position requiring organisational skills, but the in-house hosts will be on hand to mop up any spillages.
Clubs picks of the week
-
He positions his tie over the gap, but when he spills tea on his trousers the tie is deployed to mop up the mess.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The fried bread surrounding the bacon in the hot plate was simply to create effect and mop up the excess fat.
-
Hopefully, the recent addition of a young Limousin bull will help us mop up stragglers next spring.
-
I wake up soggy and cursing, having to mop up water pooling under my sleeping bag.
-
Africa must stop standing on the sideline and watching others mop up its mess.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The water that emanated from the cloth disguised itself as beads of sweat which he would mop up with his loin cloth.
GYPSY MASALA
-
Battle Dog then proceeded to mop up, neutralizing the Scimitar's remaining weapon emplacements, rendering it a toothless predator.
-
It is the nature of politics to overpromise and mop up later.
-
Tip: make sure you have a clean towel on the bed to mop up, in case you exsanguinate during the act.
Childbirth with Hypnosis « Awful Library Books
-
I suppose 300-style triremes would be cool, but from a Hollywood point of view, it'd move focus from the proven success of the Spartans, so we instead have to talk about Plataea, which is more of a mop up battle against a demoralized, poorly supplied Persian army.
300 Prequel/Sequel to be The Battle of Plataea? | /Film
-
Just wait it out while your boys mop up the mess.
-
You will need two tissues: one to wipe your eyes, and one to mop up the spangle.
-
Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the mess that violence leaves wake.
-
I even break off some thick crusty white bread and mop up the excess olive oil.
-
They mop up insects and spiders as they go.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The fried bread surrounding the bacon in the hot plate was simply to create effect and mop up the excess fat.
