bathe

Example Sentences

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Many here lack water to bathe and flush toilets.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Even with the help of her daughter, who regularly helps bathe her brother, Wu only sleeps three to five hours a night.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Olha Kosova’s husband is in the military, and the power cuts made it hard to heave the heavy stroller up to the fourth floor and heat water to bathe her 1-year-old daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

"The girls who don't have slippers bathe barefoot or use shared slippers. They get fungal infections and pass them to each other."

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

To bathe, there was only an open wash basin, like a janitor’s sink, with a showerhead rigged up above.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah