cleanse

Example Sentences

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I tried to do a juice cleanse in college and by Day 2 I wanted to die.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

“No power, no justification, and no time can cleanse this great tragedy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

"For the rivers within us flow with ease, fears washed away, cleanse and purify. Come to peace with our tears and discover what it means to be alive," she says.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

His own routine is pretty basic: cleanse, tone and moisturize along with using the line’s other products including facial scrub, antiperspirant and body washes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

But sometimes, individual Cherokee took on temporary taboos - maybe to cleanse their spirit, or because they knew, from listening to the spirit world or whatever, that the taboo was important.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan