cleanse
Example Sentences
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The author also contends that recessions don’t cleanse or restructure economies, the way wildfires clear forests of their dead wood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“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
I’ll shower, cleanse, moisturize and all that stuff.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025
The rest of us were left to find fountains to cleanse the grime and dust from our travels before entering the holy city.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing cleanse
