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
Muslims said it was part of a fountain in the “Wazukhana,” a small water reservoir used by Muslim devotees to perform ritual ablutions before offering prayers.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
The ablutions were good, but they were water; they did not wash sins away, they did not relieve the distressed heart.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
