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• The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before being inhabitable again.From the entry thorough
• Anyone with an unsubverted or cleansed frame of reference likely couldn't bear seeing such mistreatment and violence.From the entry frame of reference
• Apply the cleansing cream to your skin.From the entry cleansing
• Regular skin cleansing may help to prevent acne.From the entry cleansing
• The heat cleanses and relaxes my whole body, and I find that my sleep is much deeper.2022, Tony Robbins, Peter Diamandis, Robert Hariri, “The Longevity Lifestyle & Diet”, in Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision…. From the entry biohack
• Ye require naught more than a bath to cleanse thineselves, as do all creatures great and small.2015, S[ilvia] Acevedo, God Awful Loser, Milwaukee, W.I.: Three Points Publishing, →ISBN, page 335. From the entry thineselves
• Dry brushing is an excellent way to cleanse the pores and remove foreign substances.2014, Cynthia Thaik, Your Vibrant Heart: Restoring Health, Strength, and Spirit from the Body's Core, →ISBN, page 153. From the entry dry brushing
• This is easily done using incense to smudge yourself or taking a cleansing bath.2013, Rachel Patterson, Pagan Portals - Hoodoo: Folk Magic, →ISBN. From the entry smudge
• The laryngotracheas were cleansed and each cricothyroid muscle was isolated with blunt dissection.2010 May, Scott L. Lee, Quyen T. Lee, Stanley M. Shapshay, “Transcricothyroid approach to the subglottic airway in a porcine model”, in…. From the entry laryngotrachea
• Whitely (that is, purely, blankly, and voidly), the moon cleanses the world of human industry — almost.2008, Clayton Eshleman, The Grindstone of Rapport: A Clayton Eshleman Reader, page 417. From the entry blankly
• There is also a ginger root cleanse, an olive oil cleanse, and a maple syrup cleanse.2008, Ruthann Russo, The Raw Food Diet Myth, page 127. From the entry lemon water
• The four-leggeds blamed the cleansing on the humans, and decided to destroy all two-leggeds.2000, Clyde Holler, The Black Elk Reader, →ISBN, page 195. From the entry four-legged
• This is the apparatus he has used to do the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.1999 April 24, Martin Kettle, Alex Brummer, quoting Tony Blair, “The bombing goes on”, in The Guardian. From the entry apparatus
• They (Germany) went in to cleanse themselves of genocide and apply for readmission to the human race.1981 March 23, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Devil You Know”, in Yes Minister, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel…. From the entry readmission
• To cleanse your face at night, use cold cream (I like it better than liquid makeup removers).1980, Lois Wyse, Blonde, Beautiful Blonde: How to Look, Live, Work, and Think Blonde, New York, N.Y.: M. Evans and Company, Inc., →ISBN…. From the entry makeup remover
• Remove old make-up and powder with a few speedy fingertipfuls of cleansing Jergens Face Cream.1943, Radio Mirror, page 55. From the entry fingertipful
• Each year on the anniversary, Henry is whipped in public by monks to cleanse him of the curse of this episcopicide.2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 73. From the entry episcopicide
• That is what happens to people who will allow God to remission their lives through His blood cleansing them.2014, Stella L. McNeer, He Is Able: God Is Our Only Hope in the Storms of Life. From the entry remission
• He recalled the one where Gypsies ran a bujo scam, promising to cleanse supposedly cursed money and filching it instead.2008 June 7, Jon Pareles, “He Still Loves New Orleans, and Now He’s Mad”, in New York Times. From the entry bujo
• On the night before her wedding Channa Washinsky would certainly have immersed herself in the ritually cleansing waters of the mikveh.2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 197. From the entry mikveh
• In Bosnia, as in Rwanda, however, passive neutrality was tantamount to complicity with the perpetrators of “ethnic cleansing” and mass murder.2003 March 3, Philip Gourevitch, “The Optimist”, in The New Yorker. From the entry tantamount
• The name gongfermor comes from the Saxon word gang meaning to go off, and fermor from fey, to cleanse.1998, Julie L. Horan, Sitting Pretty: An Uninhibited History of the Toilet, Robson Books, page 33. From the entry gongfermor
• Christianity has been a great power in our country to cleanse and fraternalize the social life of simple communities.1916, Walter Rauschenbusch, The Social Principles of Jesus. From the entry fraternalize
• Palo santo, known for its cleansing energy, is lovely to have on hand for adding a sweet healing aroma to the air.2022, Shellie Pomeroy, Natural Tables, page 107. From the entry palo santo
• Water is used in many types of cosmetic and personal care products, such as lotions, bath and shower products, cleansing products, makeup and oralcare products.2020, Stephen Barton, Allan Eastham, Amanda Isom, Discovering Cosmetic Science, page 226. From the entry oralcare
• Occidentosis epitomises the idea that there is a “Western sickness” from which the Third World must rise to detox and strive to cleanse itself.2019, Vali Mahlouji, “occidentosis, Vali Mahlouji”, in Glossary of Common Knowledge. From the entry occidentosis
• Arthur had responded to reports of increased violence in the interior by issuing a proclamation that the settled districts be cleansed of Aboriginal people.2017, Nick Brodie, The Vandemonian War, Hardie Grant Books, page 9. From the entry settled district
• He is pursuing his racist policy of ethnically cleansing the African peoples from Blue Nile state and the Nuba Mountains in Southern Kordofan.2013, Great Britain, Parliament, House of Lords, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Lords official report, Volume 745, page 451. From the entry ethnically cleanse
• Ethnic cleansing is a poor euphemism for forms of culturcide, ethnocide, ghettoization, displacement of people to reservations, and forced removal of populations.2009, Timothy Pytell, “Weighing Genocide”, in Brian Levin, editor, Hate Crimes, volumes 1 (Understanding and Defining Hate Crime)…. From the entry culturicide
• After the Muslims or Croats capitulated, the special forces, the "dreaded paramilitary groups," entered the town and "ethnically cleansed" it of Croats or Muslims.1999, Howard Ball, Prosecuting War Crimes and Genocide, The Twentieth-century Experience, page 128. From the entry ethnically cleanse
• Cleansing Cream, the gentle, thorough makeup-remover.1968 October 21, Chicago Tribune, 122d year, number 295, Chicago, Ill., section 2, page 9. From the entry makeup-remover
• Living in Germany, I see it as my human responsibility to call it out for its one-sidedness, its hypocrisy and its acquiesence in the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.2023 October 23, Lana Bastašić, “I grew up in Bosnia, amid fear and hatred of Muslims. Now I see Germany’s mistakes over Gaza”, in The…. From the entry one-sidedness
• Granted, most millennial denizens of “Witchblr” are more likely to cleanse their homes with sage, say, or practice mindfulness meditation than to cast a curse on Republican lawmakers.2019 June 7, Tara Isabella Burton, “The Rise of Progressive Occultism”, in The American Interest, volume 15, number 1. From the entry Witchblr
• Yes, Trump is a vile creature whose presence in the Oval Office will require about a megagallon of disinfectant to cleanse it of his presence when he leaves it.2019 December 18, Joe Hyde, “Congressman Conaway Votes Against "Impeachment Charade"”, in San Angelo LIVE!. From the entry megagallon
• Different forms of colonics have been used through the ages for therapeutic purposes, ranging from detoxifying and system cleansing to treatments of chronic headaches, back pain, allergies, and addictions.2016, Gilles Marin, Healing from Within with Chi Nei Tsang. From the entry colonic
• Approximately 2 ml venous blood was obtained after thorough cleansing of the patients’ skin for 2 min with povidine iodine and allowing the skin to dry before taking blood.2015 August 9, Bua John et al., “Risk factors and practices contributing to newborn sepsis in a rural district of Eastern Uganda, August…. From the entry povidine
• Whenever there is suspicion of the influence of the evil eye, Isfand is said to cleanse the evil spirits, protect the household, and ward off evil.2011, Luke A. Myers, Gnostic Visions:Uncovering the Greatest Secret of the Ancient World. From the entry esfand
• His shamanesque installers are two brothers who live in tepees on a squat in the Ibizan forest, and who cleanse new tepees with sage burning and song.2007 August 2, Julia Chaplin, “A New Tribe of Tepee Dwellers”, in New York Times. From the entry shamanesque

Meaning of cleanse

1. verb To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
2. verb To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.
3. verb To remove (something seen as unpleasant) from a person, place, or thing.

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Questions about cleanse in a sentence

How do you use cleanse in a sentence?

Cleanse is used as a verb and noun. For example: “I regularly visit the spa for a massage and a facial cleanse.”

What is a short sentence with cleanse?

“Cleansing Cream, the gentle, thorough makeup-remover.”

What does cleanse mean?

Cleanse means to free from dirt; to clean, to purify.