bathe

Example Sentences

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Even with the help of her daughter, who regularly helps bathe her brother, Wu only sleeps three to five hours a night.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

In smaller remote settlements, where wages are on average 50% lower, people bathe by hacking out chunks of ice to melt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

"The girls who don't have slippers bathe barefoot or use shared slippers. They get fungal infections and pass them to each other."

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

Her caregivers feed her, toilet her, bathe her, strap her into her wheelchair, take her for walks and take her swimming.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2025

After that, I had to bathe her constantly to keep down the smell.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat