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Example sentences for: cleanse

How can you use “cleanse” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It is advisable to cleanse exposed parts of the body immediately after collecting effluent samples.
If, as critics observe, the Serbs have managed to cleanse Kosovo in less than four weeks, what difference could NATO have made by beginning a ground force buildup (which takes considerable time) a month ago?
Much hinges on Bush's attempt to cleanse his party of bigotry and reposition it closer to the center.
The latest Northern Ireland peace agreement will crumble, predicts the magazine, unless Unionists give Sinn Fein more time to cleanse itself of terrorist associations, both real and symbolic.