Pink water sluiced out of it and ran over the rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Persuader]
Then he went to the laver and sluiced hands and face. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
Water sluiced off her head in a sudden rush of sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of Creation]
She sluiced water off her arms, and wrung out her hair. From Wordnik.com. [Annie, Get Your Guy & Messing Around With Max]
Little emerged from his bath and sluiced out his clothes. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
Belbe held onto him as the liquefied flowstone sluiced away. From Wordnik.com. [Nemesis]
She rushed to the basin and sluiced cold water over her face. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
But at that instant a familiar odour sluiced away all mystery. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
Water dashed against windows and sluiced shimmering down them. From Wordnik.com. [Starfarers]
In two years, Bobby Jindal has sluiced out the state government. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Anse sluiced water over his head and shoulders with cupped hands. From Wordnik.com. [Rebel Spurs] Reference
She watched with interest as he sluiced his chest and upper arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
Wilfrid sluiced, the dog behaving as if not too sorry for his fleas. From Wordnik.com. [Flowering Wilderness] Reference
As the water was sluiced over them they would rub and scrub each other. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
Water sluiced into the chasm, and the runoff poured more thickly into it. From Wordnik.com. [Harpy Thyme]
More rain sluiced down the cliff face, washing across the rocks at her feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Gryphon]
My dry crannies are wetted; my cold body is warmed; it is sluiced and gleaming. From Wordnik.com. [The Waves] Reference
Rain suddenly sluiced down, soaking me in an instant, further blinding my eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
He and the old man drank deeply and sluiced the liquid over their sweaty bodies. From Wordnik.com. [Riverwind the Plainsman]
Water sluiced into my ears, and white blotches of intense light filled my vision. From Wordnik.com. [Bravo-Two-Zero]
And best of all, the necessary also sluiced itself clean with water after each use. From Wordnik.com. [The Outstretched Shadow] Reference
He had three of them in a big catering tub from his basement that he'd sluiced clean. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
He sluiced water from the bucket over himself and draped a blanket over his shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
Dipping his hands, he scooped a palmful of water and sluiced it over his hair and face. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
A stream of water poured night in front of his nose while another sluiced down his back. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
Even such evidence as thermite-sliced steel beams has been sluiced into conspiracy theory. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: Apathy, Conspiracy's Best Friend] Reference
Water sluiced down the gangway and began crashing against the barred cabin door, seeping under it. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
She stunk of sulphur and the top layer of grime on her face had been sluiced to a translucent gray. From Wordnik.com. [Firestorm]
Keaira's controlled weather kept the winds from them, but rain sluiced down from above, drenching them. From Wordnik.com. [Yon Ill Wind]
The cloud crashed into the pinnacle; the cloud substance tore asunder and water sluiced out of the rent. From Wordnik.com. [Centaur Aisle]
He squeezed his eyes shut and sluiced water down his face and neck, then scrubbed himself mercilessly with a towel. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
When the coal is to be washed, it drops to the sluice box, where it is mixed with the water and sluiced to the jigs. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171] Reference
I have been Turkish bathed, I have been sluiced and washed and shaved and perfumed, and I can stand and talk straight. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Brown water had sluiced through the streets -- carrying away appliances, trailers, livestock and anything else in its path. From Wordnik.com. [The Storms Of August] Reference
The cool water sluiced off my body as I climbed from the pool; my shoulders and thighs twitched and trembled from exertion. From Wordnik.com. [The Payback Club]
A few early snows, sluiced away by heavy seasonal rains that stripped branches of their colorful cloaks, hinted at the coming cold. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
The floors were all tiled: a dip in the corner of each room and a hole in the wall carried off the water when they were sluiced down. From Wordnik.com. [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference
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