Sentence examples for cleanse itself from inspiring English sources

As the harbor began to cleanse itself, attention was focused on the combined sewer overflows.

The G.O.P. could cleanse itself of the taint of racism, but it's not so inclined.

But the populist myth cannot cleanse itself completely: George Bailey, mirabile dictu, is a banker.

There is one way that Congress can begin to cleanse itself of the Enron mess.

It seemed to him that Cambodia could not cleanse itself of such an evil, and that his works were not good enough to do such horror justice.

The church needs to change, and must embrace the humility and honesty of its founder if it is to cleanse itself of institutionalized sexual abuse, and survive as a force for good in the 21st century.

The newspaper industry, on the other hand, claims to have already made great strides in cleansing itself.

And this fineness passes through patches of crudity, like a dirty river cleansing itself by sheer force of motion.

Since the body cleanses itself of ethylmercury, the concern has always been about peak, not cumulative exposure, he said.

Over all, the retractions are "a sign that things are going well," Dr. Oransky said, meaning that science is cleansing itself of error.

The company says it has already spent $200 million on research and restoration projects over the last 20 years, and maintains that the river is now cleansing itself and that dredging would do more harm than good.