cleanser

Example Sentences

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By the time you’re invited to nibble the pulp off seeds straight from a tamarind pod, a palate cleanser before dessert, you may have forgotten that the island you’re on is Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

But for me, I should be the constant palate cleanser.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

Executives will clearly be hoping for a fresh start - a palate cleanser if you like - for the show as well as for the wider TV industry.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

I would have skipped the mini facial, which was more of a cleanser and moisturizer application than a full treatment.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024

Cade Hernandez and I slept in a forty-five-dollar-a-night motel room somewhere east of Gallup, New Mexico, that smelled like cigarettes and Comet cleanser.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith