How to Use ironing in a Sentence

ironing

noun

• But for those who want their sheets more straightened up, a quick ironing job would do the trick.
  — Banu Ibrahim, CNN Underscored, 29 May 2018
• Pasquale worked in restaurants and, in his spare time, taught singing; Maria, his wife, cleaned offices and took in sewing and ironing.
  — Harvey Sachs, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017
• Inside, a half-dozen women are hard at work, sewing and ironing.
  — Kellen Browning, sacbee, 7 June 2018
• And without a doubt, things got worse after the ironing board was taken down.
  — Joanna Glasner, WIRED, 5 July 2001
• For safer ironing, find one that's comfortable to hold.
  — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 8 July 2022
• Because of its rapid set-up and tear-down time, some of the canvases show wear and tear, and a few of them could use a good ironing to get the wrinkles out.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022
• The silk-blend fabric of the decade-old black robe has almost faded to gray in some parts, and the hem has a fist-sized burn from a mishap during a rare ironing.
  — Shan Li, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2021
• God knows why anyone would want to hear that on the radio, but people would do their ironing and their laundry.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2021
• The other pictures a black woman bent over her ironing.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2019
• Twenty-six days later, an equally basic side-view of the ironing board shows the flatiron and chain in place.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2019
• Those bone-straight, dirty-blonde strands that swung just past her chest in 2002's Complicated were the result of painstaking flat ironing.
  — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 25 Feb. 2022
• Her mother did the ironing at a Chinese laundry, worked as a presser at the cleaners, and cleaned classrooms at a local school.
  — New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
• Nearly a quarter of the women in Cameroon, a Central African nation of 23 million, have endured some form of breast ironing.
  — Stav Ziv, Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2017
• For one: Stop flat-ironing or curling your natural hair.
  — Michelle Ruiz, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2018
• When the swindler Bernie Madoff was imprisoned for 150 years, people cheered—not just in the courthouse, but in their cars, doing their ironing, commuting to work.
  — Tiffany Watt Smith, SELF, 29 Nov. 2018
• Solution: Ask whether there’s an ironing room, Ankeny said.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2019
• Aluminum foil reflects heat, so try placing a sheet under your ironing boards cover, to smooth wrinkles a bit quicker.
  — Lauren Piro, Good Housekeeping, 28 July 2017
• Luckily, that doesn’t require any actual ironing skills, just a few quick swipes with this steamer.
  — David Pierce, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2017
• An old washboard, a vintage wooden ironing board (that supports the work), old hinges and more are mixed with images of people -- some identifiable, others not.
  — Thom Duffy, Billboard, 28 Apr. 2018
• Looking for a budget-friendly and space-saving way to tackle infrequent ironing?
  — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2022
• Consider the iron cord, too—a swivel feature prevents the cord from interfering with your ironing, while a retractable cord makes storage simple and compact.
  — Ashley Abramson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
• How to repair heat styling damage to hair Blow-drying, flat-ironing and curling can all cause hair's outer layer to lift up, releasing valuable moisture and leaving strands brittle, dry, and damaged.
  — April Franzino, Good Housekeeping, 9 July 2019
• Classical art is indeed an inspiration, but then, no more than Kewpie dolls, or prehistoric ironing boards.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
• This affordable steam iron comes with seven heat settings for different fabrics, including silk, nylon, cotton, wool and linen, and can switch easily between steam and dry ironing.
  — Hanna Horvath, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2021
• Despite careful flat ironing and an abundance of conditioners, my hair never remained completely straight.
  — Sydney Harper, Seventeen, 22 June 2020
• The government is willing to assist, with some community centers offering free classes to teach cooking, cleaning, ironing and laundering.
  — Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2022
• The government is willing to assist, with some community centers offering free classes to teach cooking, cleaning, ironing and laundering.
  — Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2022
• After removing moisture, a dryer's next most important job is to remove wrinkles and help keep casual clothing as wrinkle-free as possible to minimize ironing.
  — Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping, 2 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024