cleanse

Example Sentences

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“No power, no justification, and no time can cleanse this great tragedy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

"For the rivers within us flow with ease, fears washed away, cleanse and purify. Come to peace with our tears and discover what it means to be alive," she says.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

It’s a feel-good story that helps cleanse the palate weeks after another viral incident took place in the stands at a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Miami Marlins in Florida.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

I’ll shower, cleanse, moisturize and all that stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

Zeitoun and Nasser brushed whatever dust they could over their hands and arms and neck to cleanse themselves, and they prayed.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers