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Example sentences for "cleansing"

Lexicographically close words:
cleanse; cleansed; cleanser; cleanses; cleanseth; cleanup; clear; clearance; clearances; cleare
  1. In any case the most scrupulous cleanliness should be observed in all cooling-house work, and in some factories the most elaborate precautions are taken for cleansing vessels, tools, floors, etc.

  2. The preliminary treatment, which comprises chiefly purifying and cleansing operations, is varied according to type of manufacturing process for which it is a preparation.

  3. Sand is very effective, but a comparatively large weight is needed, and its cleansing for repeated use is troublesome.

  4. The object of cleansing is not only to remove dirt, but also fleshy matter which often adheres to the bones.

  5. The extractor is then opened and the degreased and somewhat dried bones are mechanically conveyed to the cleansing mill.

  6. Market hides, which are uncured, require the least soaking, the cleansing effect being most needed.

  7. Soaking= has for its object the cleansing and softening of the hides, chiefly by means of water.

  8. Phytolacca Abyssinica (Endott) is a common shrub in Shoa and Efat; a cold infusion of the dried and pounded berry possesses wonderful cleansing qualities, and is used instead of soap.

  9. Defn: A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent.

  10. Defn: The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow.

  11. Smut mill, a machine for cleansing grain from smut.

  12. It is strongly alkaline and often contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc.

  13. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.

  14. The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.

  15. Defn: The money or price paid for fulling or cleansing cloth.

  16. The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and draining.

  17. The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.

  18. Fulling mill, a mill for fulling cloth as by means of pesties or stampers, which alternately fall into and rise from troughs where the cloth is placed with hot water and fuller's earth, or other cleansing materials.

  19. Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease.

  20. Defn: A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.

  21. She had no inkling of the great cleansing process which removes the dross, the eternal competition from which only the cleanest and sweetest and best come forth first.

  22. Our cleansing processes are only valuable so far as they go hand in hand with Nature, and where the folly of many fools rejects the wisdom of the wise, there Nature has her certain revenge sooner or later.

  23. The decoction of the leaves is a useful cleansing and deodorizing application for ulcers.

  24. Lemon juice is also used with very good results as a local cleansing application for sore throat, as well as externally on fetid ulcers.

  25. And the doorkeeper of the house, who was cleansing wheat, was fallen asleep.

  26. And he saith to him: See thou tell no one; but go, shew thyself to the high priest and offer for thy cleansing the things that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

  27. That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life: 5:27.

  28. Upon this day shall be the expiation for you, and the cleansing from all your sins.

  29. These ceremonies used in the cleansing of a leper, were mysterious and very significative.

  30. That is, the feast of the purifying or cleansing of the temple.

  31. But if after his cleansing the spot spread again in the skin: 13:36.

  32. Therefore they now carried boughs and green branches and palms, for him that had given them good success in cleansing his place.

  33. And he charged him that he should tell no man, but: Go, shew thyself to the priest and offer for thy cleansing according as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

  34. And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.

  35. And when Gedeon, his son, was threshing and cleansing wheat by the winepress, to flee from Madian, 6:12.

  36. Leviticus Chapter 14 The rites of sacrifices in cleansing the leprosy.

  37. Fulling is the preparation of cloth by cleansing in water after it has come from the loom; but the fuller's trade of the later republic probably often comprised the actual manufacture of the wool for those who could not do it themselves.

  38. All sins, from such as those which men call the smallest to the greatest, are registered, to be brought up in judgment against the sinner, and the all-cleansing blood of Jesus can alone blot them out.

  39. Thither we used to go to wash our clothes, and felt secure from any intrusion from the natives, as they rarely visited it, except for the purpose of cleansing themselves of their paint.

  40. I have nothing but vinegar and cleansing salt to pour in, and I must simply put in practice the command of the Apostle: Reprove, entreat.

  41. Penance which had only the sweetness of consolation would not be a cleansing hyssop, powerful to purge away the stains of iniquity.

  42. In Ireland as late as the year 1829, the ancient Canaanitish and Jewish rite of passing children through fire as a cleansing or regenerating process was still in operation.

  43. And Rajah Yudhishthira and all his brethren stood in the sin-cleansing smoke and breathed its fragrance.

  44. I saw the sheets tighten momentarily, and then--as if the sheets were no more than ordinary cleansing tissue--I saw the fibers pull apart as each man easily tore the sheet in half.

  45. It was softer than a cleansing tissue, and probably even more flexible.

  46. The district council are not bound to undertake the removal of house refuse from premises, or the cleansing of closets, privies, ashpits and cesspools.

  47. But out from the broken heart came running the blood that proved both cleansing and a salve.

  48. The intensity of the resentment over the cleansing of the temple-area can be almost felt rising up out of the very page, in the critical questions and cynical comment of the Jews.

  49. But he was soon to learn that this new life held no such soul-cleansing solace.

  50. He knew by this time the cleansing solace of tears.

  51. The compensation principle throws the cost of the cleansing upon the whole mass, since, in the last analysis, any considerable burden of taxation will distribute itself over the mass.

  52. The cleansing of property incomes, therefore, is a first obligation of the institution of property as a whole.

  53. There must be some reason for the idea that in some way blood is suggestive of cleansing or purifying.

  54. It would seem that the blood of Charis preceded the blood of Christ, and it is doubtful whether there would have been any cleansing by the blood of Christ if there had been no purification by the blood of Charis.

  55. Here we have the idea of cleansing by the application of blood, and this appears to be the idea also with the Malers, and probably among the aboriginal hill-tribes of India generally.

  56. The nuisance has been partly abated, but entirely to remove it would be a task of more difficult accomplishment than that of cleansing the Augean stable, and would baffle all the labours of Hercules!

  57. They hung or clung in various positions, grasping the grass blade with the third and fourth pairs of legs, which were spread out at length, cleansing their heads with the fore-legs or bending underneath to comb and lick the abdomen.

  58. After suckling and cleansing them, the mothers used to sit down and watch the youngsters play.

  59. In such cases they utilise the first fine day to relieve themselves, and in the spring they take a long general cleansing flight.

  60. Among these ants were several pairs, in one case a triplet, engaged in the cleansing operation just described.

  61. And so, as if I must needs be again polluted should I live, my cleansing was deferred, because the defilements of sin would, after that washing, bring greater and more perilous guilt.

  62. This equipment should be supplemented by a cleansing fluid and necessary cloths so that the subject's fingers may be cleaned before rolling and the inking plate cleaned after using.

  63. Windshield cleaner, gasoline, benzine, and alcohol are good cleansing agents, but any fluid may be used.

  64. Soap and water are good cleansing agents.


  65. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cleansing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.