mopping

There was some mopping up to do, particularly to convince waverers in the Jewish community.

It would be foolish to start hoarding the Pupperoni just so that we'd have more time and money to spend on frequent mopping.

Irizarry spent the morning mopping the floors—“it still smells like fish everywhere,” she said—and taking stock.

You go to the source, there is no point mopping up until you have fixed the actual leak.

President Obama could start mopping up this hot mess by causing some heads to roll in his Chicago campaign headquarters.

He shifted uneasily, while his handkerchief was kept busy mopping the perspiration from his brow.

Presently the set concluded; and the next moment he was at my side in a high state of exhilaration, mopping and breathless.

The pleasant looking woman was mopping the kitchen floor, and Mary, for the first time, noticed that she was very lame.

Lieutenant Banning, mopping his brow, stepped forward to felicitate his commanding officer.

This yellow man did no mopping; his skin had the gloss of a salamander's, and his eyes were like dusky jewels.