cleanliness

Example Sentences

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Cleanliness and cleaning up after oneself in public places is deeply ingrained in Japanese culture.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

A chance meeting with a retired bureaucrat in the early 1990s helped formalize his Campaign of the Cleanliness Workers movement, leading to both donations and volunteers.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

He had a simple management philosophy: “Quality, Cleanliness and Service.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023

Cleanliness has historically been used as a cultural gatekeeping mechanism to reinforce status distinctions based on a vague understanding of "niceness": Nice people, with nice yards, in nice houses, make for nice neighborhoods.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2023

“Well, I don’t feel so good. But I gets up and dresses myself. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.”

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals