antiseptic

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

News accounts rely on antiseptic descriptions from law enforcement officials and medical examiners who, in some cases, have said remains were so unrecognizable that they could be identified only through DNA samples.

From Washington Post

Critics have grumbled for decades that the style is “antiseptic” and “restrictive,” but there have been few major galleries willing to abandon the industry standard.

From New York Times

Before the days of antiseptic supermarkets, with their fluorescent lights and linoleum floors, food was sold in very different types of markets, most of which would not pass muster to a modern health inspector.

From Salon

Separately, they smell like sugary vanilla, clean breezes and pungent antiseptics — and, when I put them all together, they take me back to my hazy afternoon at the Fitzpatrick-Leland House.

From Los Angeles Times

The visceral, human costs of war are curiously absent from these antiseptic analyses.

From Los Angeles Times