clean
Example Sentences
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In one, Annabel described George becoming angry because she did not clean his knives properly.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Nauta said he hired his own teen children to clean his office twice a month.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
Visitors peered into the Fish Bowl, the glass-walled lab where white-coated preparators carefully clean fossils.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
His fingernails, seen up close, are relatively clean.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
I grab clean clothes for myself and take them down the hall to the bathroom, where I rinse out the cut on my leg with a washcloth and change.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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