Example Sentences

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"And this drawing makes me feel as if I have cleansed myself of the dirt that descended on us."

From Reuters • Nov. 21, 2022

Money and a mission have cleansed him of his sins — less his petty scams than the greater crime of having been born without means.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2019

Had the aerosol cloud ascended only into the lowest part of the atmosphere, the troposphere, where clouds form, rain would soon have cleansed the ash from the air.

From Scientific American • Mar. 1, 2013

They have cleansed the locker room of its toxic influences, drafted strongly, and been resourceful but sensible in free agency.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2012

Thus saith the Lord God: In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.

From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Gaebelein, Arno C.