CLEAN in a Sentence

Learn CLEAN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
308 example sentences for CLEAN, such as:
1. The sky was blue and clean.
2. The air smelled sweet and clean.
3. Use a damp flannel to clean the skin.
4. I hope these black marks will clean off.
5. There was a pile of clean laundry on her bed.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CLEAN
clean
 v.  remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
 a.  not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Andrew Hale was a ruddy man with a big gray moustache and a stubbly double-chin unconstrained by a collar; but his scrupulously clean shirt was always fastened by a small diamond stud.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  He was a nice-looking boy with a riot of soft brown curls on his white forehead and eyes as deep brown, as clean and as gentle as a collie dog's.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  He looked down at her radiantly, his whole clean simple heart in his eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  Of course, Mr. Stephens couldn't help how he looked for he had been an invalid all his life, but Mr. Davis-- She looked up at the cameo clean, proud face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  Men should either be clean shaven, mustached or wear full beards.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  Her lavender calico dress, so freshly clean and starched that morning, was streaked with blood, dirt and sweat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
7  Put on a clean apron because I want you to go over to the hospital.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  Poor Pork, trained for forty years to clean his shoes before entering the house, did not forget, even in a time like this.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
9  She had glanced in the mirror every morning to see that her face was clean and her hair tidy but she had always been too pressed by other things to really see herself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
10  He was clean shaven and young and had merry, kind eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
11  The dull-gold damask draperies which had covered the arching French windows at the back of the room were missing, and only the remnants of the lace curtains remained, clean but obviously mended.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
12  He stopped the horse quickly, passed her two clean handkerchiefs and held her head over the side of the buggy with some skill.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
13  The squatty log chicken house was clay daubed against rats, weasels and clean with whitewash, and so was the log stable.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
14  Their faces beneath their sun-bonnets were sallow and malarial- looking but shining clean and their freshly ironed calicoes glistened with starch.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
15  "Hush," he said, disentangling her frantic grip and pulling a clean handkerchief from his pocket.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
Example Sentence: (98 in 7 pages)
1  Cats should always have access to fresh, clean water.
2  The air smelled sweet and clean.
3  You'd better wrap a clean cloth around your arm till the wound closes.
4  It's not too much to ask of you to clean your own shoes.
5  Ask the hour maid servant to clean the floor.
6  There was a pile of clean laundry on her bed.
7  We need a mayor who is tough enough to clean up this town.
8  Use a damp flannel to clean the skin.
9  Don't cast out the foul water till you bring in the clean.
10  Cast not out the foul water till you bring in the clean.
11  What you wear should be stylish and clean, and must definitely fit well.
12  Make sure your hands are clean before you have your dinner.
13  He's been given a clean bill of health by the doctor.
14  I hope these black marks will clean off.
15  The sky was blue and clean.