Example Sentences

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In Lancelot's view, this outrage has purified her of every indulgence he hates in the modern world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Do not we know that the purer our love, and the more it has purified us, the more sensitive it becomes, even while the less suspicious it becomes?

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Maclaren, Alexander

Instead of women's going to the polls corrupting them it has purified the polls.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted

S: The gardens of perpetuity, beneath which rivers flow, to abide therein; and this is the reward of him who has purified himself.

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf

My griefs have always been dispelled by your presence, and my courage revived; that angelic smile now on your lips has purified me, so to speak.

From The Magic Skin by Marriage, Ellen