abluted

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of abluted The fabs demand caution, reverence, and of course the hygiene of an abluted priest. Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abluted
Adjective
  • Non-tariff barriers include import barriers driven by licensing restrictions, unnecessarily restrictive quality standards on goods or technical regulations, sanitary measures that restrict trade without furthering safety objectives, and several other categories of restrictions.
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Along with the streets, new storm and sanitary sewers are being installed, along with new sidewalks and a multi-use path.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But ground teams detected the helium leak in Starliner's service module in the aftermath of the scrubbed countdown.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 25 May 2024
  • There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.
    Chantha Nguon, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • The researchers claim that introducing microbes from Earth could potentially reinforce the microbial community on the ISS without posing any hygienic risks to astronauts.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The texture is rich, so a little goes a long way; use a spatula to keep things hygienic and scoop out the necessary amount.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Avoid sterile, clinical environments that can be intimidating.
    Ajay Prasad, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The Pitt is set in Pittsburgh, not Chicago, and the season unfolds in real time, with overlapping crises ratcheting up tension as the cast careens around the sterile white set.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The only racial group that saw a decrease in suicide rates across age cohorts was non-Hispanic white people.
    Ellen Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • One major problem is that these delegations are seldom made cleanly.
    Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
  • Among the 21 artists are Julia Chon and Dave Young Kim, who offer cleanly hard-edge paintings of, respectively, a woman in traditional garb and two storks below two strands of barbed wire.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Abluted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abluted. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!