How to Use toilet in a Sentence

toilet

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  • One of the kids needed to use the toilet.
  • At Blenheim Palace, the toilet was installed in a room next to the one in which Churchill was born.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Snakes have been found in toilets around the world in recent years.
    — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Choose from 12 sizes, two of which have a contour to go around the base of your toilet.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Choose from 14 sizes, three of which have a contour to go around the base of your toilet.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Most children first learn how to use the toilet during the day.
    — Jennifer Ahn, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The toilet seat is crooked, leaving you sitting on the bowl.
    — Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • There are spots of mold by his sink and toilet, as well as on the ceiling.
    — Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The issue is that with so many new toilets, the sewage needs to go somewhere.
    — Oliver Franklin-Wallis, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Test for a toilet leak by putting a few drops of food coloring in the tank.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • Simply pour the blood into the toilet, then move to the sink and rinse with water, and use a mild soap to wash it.
    — Alexandra Frost, Health, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The waits for toilets were so long that men defecated in the showers.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Is her mother close to her, across the room washing her face, or cross-legged on the toilet seat?
    — Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Around one-fifth of homes don’t even have indoor toilets.
    — Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The boxes were hauled to a small bathroom and piled up nearly to the tiny chandelier next to the toilet.
    — Alan Feuer, New York Times, 6 July 2023
  • The men and boys, including her two teenage sons, sleep near the toilets, the women in a classroom one floor up.
    — Ameera Harouda Yousef Masoud, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
  • There is a skylight here to bring in more light, and a large walk-in shower, toilet and sink to enjoy.
    — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 5 July 2023
  • My new home’s bathroom is fully tiled from floor to ceiling, and the toilet is right next to the shower.
    — Meggen Harris, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • More than 3,700 shelter residents compete for a place to sleep and share a hole in the ground for a toilet.
    — CBS News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Turn off the water valve, located near the floor behind the toilet.
    — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Don’t forget: Clean out the linen closet, wash bathmats, deep clean the toilets.
    — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • In the clip, the pilot announced that someone on board had defecated in the plane’s front toilet.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Sanders moved the team to a hotel, where, in order to use the bathrooms, they bucket-brigaded water from the pool to the toilets.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
  • She also is first seen in the film unclogging a toilet with her bare hands, and by the end, she’s stained by blood more than once.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
  • My job was working well, but my personal life was in the toilet.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 4 July 2023
  • And my bathroom is so small, often the only surface to put something is the floor or, yes, the toilet.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But there is a way to keep your pillowcase, well, cleaner than a toilet seat.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
  • The toilet seat was also heated and attached to a high-tech Toto from Japan.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 July 2023
  • It is not recommended to use a drain cleaner in the toilet.
    — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • But all of the early mornings and vault toilets were worth it to see some of the greatest sights the American West has to offer.
    — Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023

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