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

His elaborate morning ablutions with the hair and the make-up routine alone make any kind of imprisonment unthinkable.

From Salon • May 10, 2024

“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

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