antiseptic

Example Sentences

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He’s about to schlep through a 162-game season with them: plane trips, batting practice, 1 a.m. room service steak dinners in antiseptic luxury hotels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

The early embrace of sunshine as an antiseptic, formalized in New York’s wedding cake towers that were required to step back gradually from the street, soon morphed into a generalized opposition to tall buildings.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025

They were all the same: tube lights flickering, the air thick with the stench of decay and antiseptic.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

Given that environment, he added, it's crucial that intelligence agencies act in an "apolitical" and "antiseptic" way.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2024

It’s more than the reinforced elevator, or the claustrophobia of being so far underground, or the caustic smell of antiseptic.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins