How to Use dry cleaning in a Sentence

dry cleaning

noun
Definition of dry cleaningnext
  • I can pick up the dry cleaning on my way home.
  • Well, the servants are the ones who did the grocery shopping, the dry cleaning, et cetera.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Gone are the free lunches, the free dry cleaning and the free pass on hitting your numbers.
    — Sterling Lanier, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The only thing that gives it away as a bedroom is the bed, the nightstand and her dry cleaning flapping in the wind.
    — Brad Mielke, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2021
  • These should be hung to dry, as either putting them in the dryer or dry cleaning them can shrink them.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 3 June 2021
  • If Bruce Wayne has a tuxedo though, it's buried somewhere deep in his dry cleaning.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2022
  • These Boohoo satin pants can be cleaned from the comfort of your laundry room, which means no more dry cleaning bills.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023
  • One altered clothes as a kid in his dad's dry cleaning business.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2020
  • This, of course, begs the question: Can dry cleaning really be done at home?
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Tony, one of the headwaiters, is already halfway up the first flight, his dry cleaning draped over his arm.
    — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
  • That’s what those people have done -- owned a dry cleaning company for a long, long time.
    — Taylor Mims, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2020
  • There was already a restaurant, a cafe and a dry cleaning and garment repair shop.
    — Trefor Moss, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Clearly annoyed and unsatisfied, Grace asks him to pick up the dry cleaning on the way home.
    — Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 10 May 2021
  • As for care, the brand recommends spot cleaning or dry cleaning.
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2022
  • According to neighborhood lore, the ghost ship was once a dry cleaning shop.
    — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Not only will your dry cleaning bill be much smaller, but stains may no longer be as daunting to sort out on your own.
    — Julia Gall, Marie Claire, 4 May 2020
  • Uber riders can now attend brunch with their friends, pick up their dry cleaning, go to the bank, and head back home all in one trip on the ride-hailing service.
    — Fortune, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Note that the brand recommends machine washing it on cold or dry cleaning.
    — Laura Fenton, wsj.com, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The device includes two reusable mop pads for wet and dry cleaning.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
  • His mother, Vida (Loafman) Driscoll, owned dry cleaning shops, a cafe and a uniform store.
    — Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2020
  • Tammy Allen owns a dry cleaning franchise in North Dallas.
    — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Just keep in mind that dry cleaning costs will add up over time, whereas machine washing is easier on the purse strings.
    — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Of course, there was the food, always the food, but also dry cleaning, oil changes, fitness centers, massages, language classes, and on and on and on.
    — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2020
  • With the teams having a day off before meeting again Saturday on the Heat’s court, there at least will be ample time for dry cleaning.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Dishler was hanging on at least for the time being to some of the unclaimed dry cleaning, in case there were still stragglers arriving to pick theirs up.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 6 June 2022
  • Plastic dry cleaning bags are the secret to creaseless clothing.
    — Margie Goldsmith, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Bags used for uncooked meat, prescription drugs and dry cleaning can still be plastic.
    — Bre'anna Grant and Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN, 28 Feb. 2020
  • When the bartender returned with tea from the kitchen, Hollingsworth had left without the dry cleaning bill or reimbursement and with the bartender's wallet.
    — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 26 Mar. 2020
  • The last thing parents need to deal with is a high-maintenance garment that requires dry cleaning or hand washing.
    — Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Generous on-site benefits give those workers little reason to leave for a meal, a trip to the bank or even to get dry cleaning.
    — Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2020

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