cleanse
verb (used with object)
to make clean.
was cleansing
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past progressiveof cleanse.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Auburn’s Sweet 16 victory over North Carolina was a matter of such pretty craftsmanship that it was cleansing.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2019
"I was purging, I was cleansing and I was having dialogue."
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2015
The purpose for which it was required on this occasion was cleansing.
From The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 by James Stalker
He nodded to the surgeon and drawing a pocket knife, while Arnold was cleansing the wound, sat down beside him to whittle a stick.
From The Mountain Divide by Armand Both
It was cleansing and healing; it was soothing and restful and corrective, setting what was sane within us free.
From The High Heart by Basil King
