“Pile the potatoes into a warm serving dish.”

“She quickly finishing her dish, eager for a second helping.”

“Marie served us a dish of zucchini. It tasted bitter, so we sent it back to the kitchen.”

“I chewed slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully before I realized that it tasted like dishwater.”

“It tasted like the smell of a belch, and had the colour of putrid dishwater.”

“The melodic Arabic intonations clash with the clanking of pots and pans in the steamy dishwater.”

“Annie was reduced to the limpness of a wet dishrag by what we had overheard.”

“Then he pulls out a bunch of ice and places it into the dishrag, and gives it to Brian for his eye.”

“I took my place next to her with a dishrag, dutifully drying each mug and dish as Mami washed them in the suds beside me.”

“The fast food company has launched an investigation after a mother claimed she found a dirty dishcloth in a burger box.”

“Less dignified, though more descriptive, names for this tropical climbing or trailing herb are dishcloth gourd and vegetable gourd.”

“The fruit of the loofah, also known as the sponge or dishcloth gourd, is familiar as a coarse mesh sponge used in the bath.”

“The dishpan filled with bubbles, and she watched them for several minutes in silence before she trusted her voice enough to speak.”

“With a soapy hand, Inger swiped back the strand of hair straggling across her forehead and put the final pot into the dishpan.”

“The solution is a cup of Epsom salts to a footbath or dishpan full of warm water.”

“A child of the Great Depression, Grandma would never throw away a dishtowel until it had more holes than thread.”

“He pulled out the bottle of gin, unscrewed the top, mopped his face with a dishtowel, refilled the ice trays.”

“Someone told me that we can keep eggs out of the refrigerator as long as we cover them with a dishtowel.”

“About three minutes into the journey, a small dishmop thrusts its head between the car's front seats.”

“Hands that do dishes may get some extra help with a new Dishmop from household cleaning materials manufacturer Spontex.”

“She boiled many yams, mashed them, and took a great dishful of them round the district.”

“Fish pie was a huge golden brown dishful, thick with salmon, haddock and prawns and a punchy topping that was half parsnip, half potato.”

“The Chinese lily bulbs are put into a dishful of tepid water which has a few small pieces of charcoal in it.”

“Our Lady is not Joan of the dishclout, that such draught-house ragpickers as you should be pinned to her tail.”

“Mony time I hae got a wipe wi' a towel, but ne'er a daub wi' a dishclout before.”

“Marinilla at the Venta Tejada is a dishclout in comparison with her.”

“He had stuffed his mother's old dishtowels into the satchels to keep the cans from banging together.”

“A variety of vendors will offer Barbie Doll clothes, dishrags, dishtowels, knives, scarves, hats, stoneware for gardens, doilies and more.”

“It also recommends dishcloths be replaced with disposable paper towels where possible.”

“Juices from these foods land on your countertops and you use sponges and dishcloths to clean up the bacteria.”

“Even the richly embroidered crimson tapestry on which Agamemnon sacrilegiously treads is at best suitable for cutting up into dishcloths.”

“Where she is now they find her in ruin, and she finds dishclouts, but is leaving, being almost poisoned by printers' ink.”

“Although the band started out playing dishpans, accordions, and glockenspiel, they eventually settled on a more traditional sound.”

“His mother kept a list of those wanting fish, and neighbors would heat up their griddles and line up with their dishpans upon Grant's return.”

“Bring two dishpans, one containing sand and the other holding a flat rock.”

“Jonah and Sally lingered behind, holding dishrags over their noses to block the horrid smell of brimstone.”

“There were heaps of dishrags in the kitchen so I grabbed one and scrubbed away at my pants.”

“All you'll need are two brushes and some polish, and you can even replace the chamois with a cotton cloth, old T-shirt, socks, or dishrags, which serve the same purpose.”

“All I know is that they're addictive, and I could easily have eaten a few dishfuls of them had I not controlled myself.”

“When she started eating dishfuls of high-fibre cereal, lean protein, low-fat dairy and lots of fruit and vegetables, she dropped 20 pounds and two dress sizes in two months.”