rain washed

“In November, when rain washed over the dust covering Ivanovo’s roads and turned the town into lanes of mud, she became part of the first motley class of Soviet doctors, trained in the laboratory of the new state to be flung from their classrooms into the caldron of war.”

Simon & Schuster: A Mountain of Crumbs

“When the rain washed away the filth from Sabines hair, Lanthe picked up the new white lock and wept.”

Simon & Schuster: Kiss of a Demon King

“The first rain washed it away, but until that fell, wriggly pests turned up their noses and refused to eat such horrid-tasting food.”

Simon & Schuster: Morgan’s Run