Example Sentences

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Writer-director Sofia Coppola exfoliates the lust for celebrity lifestyles that often powers theft, even at its most haphazard and uncoordinated.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

The spa’s most popular body treatment is the Honey Glow Body Wrap, which exfoliates your entire body in a warm wrap of honey.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021

She demonstrates how to apply a cleanser to the nubs and how to move the buzzing device around your face as it exfoliates and removes dirt.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2019

“The belief is that if you give your skin everything it needs to perform optimally, you won’t have to help it exfoliate itself. The truth is our skin naturally exfoliates itself through programmed cell turnover.”

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2018

When wet, the surface of the cakes swells up, and exfoliates as far as the water has penetrated.

From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Johnson, Samuel W. (Samuel William)