Example Sentences

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The justice then suggested that both states had cleansed their laws of bigotry by reenacting them in later years.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2020

Upon arrival, the crew is terrorized by Armus, a shape-shifting puddle of unidentifiable black slime, the byproduct of a process by which an alien race had cleansed itself of evil.

From The Verge • Aug. 23, 2017

With the proliferation of electronic data banks, an association report charges, prosecutors would be encouraged to maintain illegal files on suspects and use the leads after a five-year wait had "cleansed" them.

From Time Magazine Archive

For rich and poor, the great and small, Found Ivory Soap had cleansed them all.

From Time Magazine Archive

If “Les Furies” had cleansed her heart of her rage, “The Swan” opened up space for grace to enter in again.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser