sterile

Example Sentences

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The aesthetic favors deliberate roughness and mistakes over a sterile, polished sheen.

From Los Angeles Times

While the bots are getting slightly better at mimicking human cadences, AI-generated writing still reeks of the sterile laboratory where it originates.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Perhaps I cleaned too much. I worry about such things. What if I’ve made the place completely sterile? Shouldn’t a home have a bit of bacteria lying about?”

From Literature

To prevent contamination, ice samples were sealed in sterile bags and transported in frozen conditions back to the laboratory.

From Science Daily

Reality, however, isn’t as sterile as today’s popular fiction.

From Salon