clean hands
Example Sentences
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Drizzle the seasoned butter mixture over the crackers, using a pastry brush or clean hands to make sure each cracker gets a little attention.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Officials say it can be used only to clean hands if it’s completely unheated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
Raffi Ivker, a Jewish student at George Washington University, said he believed neither side "has clean hands."
From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2023
He self-identifies as a “germaphobe” and, in his 1997 book Art of the Comeback, identified himself as “a clean hands freak.”
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2023
It would have been nice, at the very least, to have set off with clean hands and faces.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
