How to Use washroom in a Sentence

washroom

noun
  • There are no bottles of hair spray on the washroom’s counter.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Not one door to branch off your sleeping chamber from your washroom.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The girl, who was shot in the right wrist and grazed in the leg, was found in a washroom near Valdes.
    — Rosemary Sobol, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Face covering is required to use the washroom and may be required on the hayride.
    — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 6 Oct. 2020
  • And not just throw them out in the middle of the forest, but the man built tents that had four-ply washroom tissue!
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The wallet was gone after an unknown person used the washroom.
    — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2018
  • The youngster has joined the firm and been given the keys to the executive washroom.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Flora pushed herself into the nearest washroom, locked the door, and began to cry.
    — Sheila Heti, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
  • At least the Sox honored his request to install bidets in the clubhouse washroom, so there’s that.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The building also will include a pair of indoor washrooms where residents can clean up for prayers.
    — Tad Vezner, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Poland says that, in public washrooms, there are often more bacteria on those faucets than in the toilet water.
    — Mayo Clinic News Network, courant.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Going to the movies isn’t about sitting on the couch, texting on your phone, hitting the pause button to use the washroom and to grab a snack.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Upon arrival, officers found him in the men’s washroom of the restaurant, changing his boots.
    — Pioneer Press, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Browse more than 20 of the best bathroom organization ideas to get your washroom tidy and in tip-top shape in no time.
    — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Whether shower curtains or toilet roll holders, there are plenty of more subtle moments to spice up your washroom.
    — Jermaine Gallacher, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Short of giving up and walking out soiled, or running to the washroom every five minutes, is there a better way to handle this?
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 11 July 2019
  • Back at Elara, the brothers filmed Sandler in the building’s grimy first-floor washroom, rubbing gold off his face.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Minimalist panel doors ensure that the hue is the centerpiece of your washroom.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The closing of bars and restaurants has inadvertently cut off access to washrooms.
    — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2020
  • According to studies, if the door is left uncleaned in a place like a public washroom, thousands of kinds of bacteria can emerge.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2019
  • Nickey Kehoe’s shower curtains feel like fashion for your washroom.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Applying the pattern to an unexpected area like the washroom?
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The room was full and there were no other seats for me, so the event coordinator set up a table for me in the hall, by myself, next to the washrooms.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Every living Chicago pol would be required to serve as a smiling washroom attendant, with mops.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2017
  • Of the four bedrooms, two have their own en suite bathrooms, while the two remaining share a sizable double-sink washroom with a spacious shower.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 28 May 2026
  • Church members had been able to use the building’s washrooms and enter after service to make their offerings, Fields said.
    — Mike Nolan, Daily Southtown, 20 May 2018
  • The women had to wake at precisely eight each morning, but, except for trips to the washroom and the toilet, they were locked in their cells twenty-four hours a day.
    — David Remnic, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • While everyone else is rushing to get to the yard, Monte is rinsing his face, using the washroom, really taking his time.
    — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Angela Prichard was found lying face down in the kennel's washroom when investigators arrived at the scene.
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Hundreds of people mulled around the plaza between the washroom and the prayer area, relatives of victims waiting to receive the bodies for burial.
    — Stephen Kalin, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023

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