Examples of purity in a Sentence
struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness
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In Thai culture, water represents purity, tranquility and renewal, which is celebrated throughout the property’s grounds.
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Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
It was introduced during a period of moral purity movements during the United States’ progressive era.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
Unlike hemp shops, licensed marijuana shops may sell only to adults 21 and over, must limit their window advertising, must meet expensive licensing and security requirements, and must test and label their products for potency and purity.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Ancient Egyptians associated pleasant odors not only with cleanliness and purity, but the bodies of deities themselves.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2025
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Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
It was introduced during a period of moral purity movements during the United States’ progressive era.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
Unlike hemp shops, licensed marijuana shops may sell only to adults 21 and over, must limit their window advertising, must meet expensive licensing and security requirements, and must test and label their products for potency and purity.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Ancient Egyptians associated pleasant odors not only with cleanliness and purity, but the bodies of deities themselves.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Purity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purity. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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purity
noun
pu·ri·ty
ˈpyu̇r-ət-ē 
1
: the quality or state of being pure : freedom from impurities
2
: freedom from guilt or sin
Medical Definition
purity
noun
pu·ri·ty
ˈpyu̇r-ət-ē
: the quality or state of being pure
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