sterile

Example Sentences

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Some desks were buried under stacks of paper, others were as sterile as a surgeon’s operating table.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Nearly three hours, the length of a feature film, shot in a sterile diplomatic holding area at Ben Gurion Airport.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

To prevent contamination, ice samples were sealed in sterile bags and transported in frozen conditions back to the laboratory.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2026

Reality, however, isn’t as sterile as today’s popular fiction.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

Like I said once, on a day when none of my words came out quite right, urine is sterile.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin