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

Lopez: You need to cleanse every once in a while.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

Why must he, the blameless one, wash away his sins and endeavor to cleanse himself anew each day?

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse