How to Use purify in a Sentence

purify

verb
  • We purified the water by boiling it.
  • You can purify the air with a filtration system.
  • She believed she could purify herself through constant prayer.
  • It's built to purify the air in rooms up to 361 square feet.
    Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 21 June 2022
  • The square footage of the space should be equal or less to what the device can purify.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Buttons on the front turn the device on, dry the waste, purify it, and open the lid.
    Richard Baguley, Wired, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Blueair claims the device can purify the air in a 2640 square feet room in an hour.
    Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 20 May 2024
  • Himalayan Pink Salt is a great way to purify and clean the air.
    Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • The fast is a form of worship that is meant to purify, Zafar said.
    Austindedios, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In the last century the whole world was scandalized about what the Nazis did to purify the race.
    James Hohmann, Washington Post, 18 June 2018
  • It’s meant to purify the soul and unite Muslims in worship.
    Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Stay inside with the windows and doors shut, and take steps to purify the air in your space, experts said.
    Washington Post, 22 July 2021
  • This means that not all waste will be profitable to purify.
    Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022
  • This fan can purify the air in a 300-square-foot space, which is about the size of a large primary bedroom.
    Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The device can purify the air in spaces up to 360 square feet, so it's best placed in small- to medium-sized rooms.
    Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 15 Aug. 2021
  • But the windows will never be cleaned; the most that can be hoped for is a hard, purifying rain.
    Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • This process involves the use of solvents and acids to isolate and purify the delta 8 compound.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Last century, the whole world was scandalized by what the Nazis did to purify the race.
    Nicole Winfield, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2018
  • No, a regular Dyson fan won’t purify the air on its own.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The Austin Air Healthmate, which can purify almost 930 square feet, is built like a tank.
    Dave Johnson, Forbes, 18 June 2021
  • Deep clean and purify your skin with the bar to remove oil, dirt, and other toxins from your body.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Mercury is an essential tool in the process, used to collect and purify gold traces found in the soil.
    Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The water dispenser has built-in UV lights that purify the water.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Lai hopes the protein, purified from the blood of the pigs, will enter human trials next year.
    Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 31 July 2019
  • Her mother, Silvia, would light incense and place water, salt and sugar to purify the space ahead of the Day of the Dead.
    Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • And the natural gas it’s pulled from is dirty and full of other substances, too, so the plant has to purify it during the process.
    Yessenia Funes, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The same earthy clay and charcoal that purify pores can also whiten teeth and degrease roots.
    Jolene Edgar, Allure, 24 June 2022
  • The first is a Daily Clay Cleanser, meant to be used in the morning and at night for exfoliation and to purify the skin.
    Sean Abrams, Men's Health, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The humidity is condensed out of the air and turned into water, which is then purified.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
  • In some cases, purifying regular quartz can be used as an alternative, but the world doesn’t have the capacity to do that purification in high enough quantities to make up for the loss of Spruce Pine.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024

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