cleanse
verb (used with object)
to make clean.
are cleansing
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present progressiveof cleanse.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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This is not to make the argument that recessions are "cleansing".
From Economist ● Oct. 16, 2012
And remember that fresh air and sunshine are cleansing agents.
From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
Whatever she was—I know she was not bad, not a bit of it—the spirit of the hills had entered into her—and those are cleansing airs up there.
From A Hoosier Chronicle by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
And now," said General Belmont, "while we are cleansing the Augean stables, we may as well remove the cause as the effect.
From The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt
Certain mountains also are cleansing, as also the eating of gold and bathing in waters into which have been dipped gems and precious stones.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
