ablutions
Example Sentences
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Officials now stress awareness over prohibition: households are urged to clean tanks and pools, use clean warm water for nasal ablutions, keep children away from garden sprinklers and avoid unsafe ponds.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
But by the time I’m done with all my ablutions and the flossing and all the things, it’s definitely almost dark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
“These powers were allegedly acquired by Buddhist priests who performed austerities in the mountains such as ablutions under freezing waterfalls, meditation in caves, and severe dietary restrictions during extended periods of seclusion.”
From National Geographic ● Jan. 19, 2024
Swimming seems like the most solitary activity imaginable, but in Page’s wistful, enchanting beach read — as in the memoirs above — we see how such collective ablutions form a very special kind of community.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
Then he drags the old man out to the other part of the car to take care of the evening’s ablutions.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
