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How to use bathe in a sentence

28 example sentences · verb, noun

Bathe means to clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath. Example: “We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.”

Examples of bathe by meaning

verbTo clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

  • A Greek historian Phylarchus describes a white root indigenous to India that caused eunuchism when a person bathed in water in which the root was steeped.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 123

verbTo immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.

  • 'But I've been bathing every day while you've been lying here.'1953, Ian Fleming, “Vesper”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 150

verbTo clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.

  • We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.

verbTo apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.

  • She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.
  • The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge.
  • The incoming tides bathed the coral reef.

verbTo cover or surround.

  • The room was bathed in moonlight.
  • A dense fog bathed the city streets.
  • Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of little concern to Gerard Houllier's team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals.2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport

verbTo sunbathe.

  • The women bathed in the sun.

nounThe act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.

  • I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight.

More sentences with bathe

  • If you failed to bathe it in the formalin solution every time, its flesh might cross the precipitous border into decay.2023, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, page 20. From the entry formalin
  • I responded, "Why don't you just relax, go home, bathe, comb your hair, trim your facial pubes, and brush your tooth.2022, Thomas Kolp, Primary Wisdom. From the entry facial pubes
  • At work, it’s emanating from your electronic devices; step outside for lunch, and the sun bathes you in it.2017, Bob Berman, Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 8-9. From the entry light
  • A waterproof underwrap is available that enables the athlete to bathe without the need to protect the cast.2011, Peter Brukner, Karim Khan, Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine, →ISBN, page 166. From the entry underwrap
  • Footpans were in general use to bathe the feet.1907, George Tancred, Rulewater and Its People: An Account of the Valley of the Rule and Its Inhabitants, page 358. From the entry footpan
  • A narrow multistory window bathes the ascent in natural light, the glow shifting over the course of the day in step with the sun.2026 May, Sam Cochran, “Feeling Zen”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 100. From the entry multistory
  • The sky-drenched sapphiric eyes softened and allowed themselves to bathe in the beauty of the sunlight that beamed in through her office window.2007, Christa Victoria, On the Path, page 185. From the entry sapphiric
  • An anti-aphrodisiac, suggested in Hindu erotological literature as a way for women to negate amatory challenges, is to bathe in the buttermilk of a she-buffalo.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 52. From the entry buttermilk
  • Residents of Hitac̓u, the heart of the Ucluelet First Nation, have been told not to drink, bathe in, or even clean with the water coming out of their taps.2025 March 9, “Indigenous language now included on Ucluelet bus stop signs — a first for B.C. Transit”, in CBC News. From the entry Ucluelet
  • The wind doesn’t stop blowing because an autocrat has a tantrum; harnessing the solar radiation that bathes our world doesn’t leave us in hock to the House of Saud.2022 June 5, Ezra Klein, “Your Kids Are Not Doomed”, in The New York Times. From the entry in hock
  • By now it’s late and I have to feed them and change two Pampers, get them ready for bed, then bathe myself and eat before I get settled in.2020, Steven Davis, “Bitter Me”, in Mr. Mom, Christian Faith Publishing, Inc., →ISBN. From the entry pampers
  • True enough, one had to learn when to shower or bathe because hot or even luke warm water seldom reached our bathroom on the third floor.2018, Charles O. Jones, Now That’s Funny: A Memoir on Passing Through. From the entry showerable
  • She had been forced to bathe in the washbasins of the inns along the route, giving herself what her old nursemaid would have called “a lick and a promise.”2014, Margaret Weis, Robert Krammes, The Seventh Sigil. From the entry lick and a promise
  • There is even a tap to bathe under after you have spent a night sleeping on the manjis (beds), and all this comes at the price of a meal!2011, Rocky Singh, Mayur Sharma, Highway on my Plate: The indian guide to roadside eating, Random House India, →ISBN. From the entry manji
  • I felt a rush of gratitude for it, that it should well up out of the mountain, bathe my aching body, and unthaw my frozen limbs.2006, Lian Hearn, Grass for his pillow: The way through the snow. From the entry unthaw
  • He wears a turban, he puts on his sandal mark every morning, he bathes and eats and marries and dies orthodoxly; he probably begets children orthodoxly.1980, Agehananda Bharati, The Ochre Robe. From the entry orthodoxly
  • He announced that anyone who volunteered as a fille de joie would be given her own room, clean clothes, sufficient food and cigarettes, and the opportunity to bathe every day.2005, Hermann Langbein, People in Auschwitz. From the entry fille de joie

Meaning of bathe

  1. verb To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
  2. verb To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
  3. verb To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.

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Questions about bathe in a sentence

How do you use bathe in a sentence?
Bathe is used as a verb and noun. For example: “We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.”
What is a short sentence with bathe?
“The room was bathed in moonlight.”
What does bathe mean?
Bathe means to clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

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