cleanse

Example Sentences

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“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

It’s a feel-good story that helps cleanse the palate weeks after another viral incident took place in the stands at a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Miami Marlins in Florida.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

I’ll shower, cleanse, moisturize and all that stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

She summoned the frightened maids and bade them give the stranger the oil so that he could cleanse himself and find for him a mantle and a tunic.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton