clean
Example Sentences
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"You get the finished result of a clean monster truck, rather than a scarf."
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The prose is clean and lucid, characters and cityscapes fully rendered, and “The Forsyte Saga” creates the pleasurable illusion that it might never end.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"A normal government would have been concerned about clean air not only now but a long time ago," said Kanongnij Sribuaiam, legal team leader at Thailand Clean Air Network, which pushed for the legislation.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Wiseman later called back down to mission control in Houston to ask how to clean the windows, as the astronauts' enthusiasm to see into space had left them dirty.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
I accrued last night’s infraction because my last clean blouse was the wrong color; it’s not as if I’ve magically acquired more white ones since then.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
