How to Use dry cleaning in a Sentence

dry cleaning

noun
  • 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
  • The talk of dry cleaning and pricing tiers had subdued him.
    Christina Binkley, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • Also, the dry cleaning does nothing for the pill-y cashmere.
    Jolie Kerr, Esquire, 21 Oct. 2016
  • 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
  • Here’s what works in retail: bars, hair salons and dry cleaning.
    WSJ, 4 Nov. 2018
  • And no need to launder: Rent the Runway has an intense dry cleaning program that takes care of that for you.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
  • 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
  • His aides were also asked to pick up his dry cleaning — all on taxpayer dime, of course.
    Alessandra Potenza, The Verge, 11 June 2018
  • 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
  • Kapoor used voice control to ask the Assistant on a Google smart display to remind Wilson to pick up the dry cleaning in the evening.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2019
  • As for care, the brand recommends spot cleaning or dry cleaning.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2022
  • But at-home dry cleaning solutions like Dryel can work in between big trips to the cleaners.
    Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The rest of the episode is given over to discussing such matters, and others related to dry cleaning.
    Dan Duray, Town & Country, 20 May 2019
  • 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
  • One hole was found in the left window of a dry cleaning store, underneath a tuxedo logo.
    Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2019
  • The two men separate fluff-and-fold from dry cleaning and stuff orders into black bags that Nunez carries to a van.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • The dry cleaning chain is known for its same-day, one-price business model in which customers can have clothing items cleaned for a flat rate of $2.29.
    Randy Tucker, Cincinnati.com, 11 June 2018
  • 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
  • There will be restaurants and maybe even dry cleaning services and a barbershop.
    David Gelles, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2018
  • James Timpson runs the nationwide chain that cuts keys, repairs shoes, and performs dry cleaning and laundry services.
    Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 9 July 2024

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