How to Use impurity in a Sentence

impurity

noun
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  • The syrup is strained to remove impurities.
  • The water is free of impurities.
  • The key is to then find a way to whisk off the oil, with your own sebum and impurities in tow.
    — Sable Yong, Teen Vogue, 10 Sep. 2018
  • One myth holds that’s a way to filter out impurities in the drug.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 22 July 2019
  • All the masks use volcanic clay to draw out oil and impurities.
    — Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Skim off any froth or impurities that rise to the surface.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The laws can be traced back to the book of Leviticus, where God commands the Israelites on a number of sources of impurity.
    — Josefin Dolsten, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Oct. 2020
  • This gets rid of any impurities. Rinse out the pot and put everything back in.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2023
  • After rinsing off the impurities and scrubbing the pot, return the bones to it.
    — Charles Lam, NBC News, 11 May 2017
  • Some of that light hits impurities in the glass walls of the cable and bounces back; this is the 'backscatter' referred to earlier.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 20 Oct. 2017
  • For a sheet of glass that is often an impurity, crack or scratch on its surface.
    — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Skim any impurities from the surface as the soup simmers.
    — Alexa Weibel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2023
  • To clarify pores and rid of impurities, try the Detox Mask which works to cleanse and tighten in just ten minutes.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 June 2024
  • The rough stones are treated with a mix of acids and heated in specialized ovens to clear out impurities.
    — Kieron Monks, CNN, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Stir your fruit and/or veggies around in the mixture to loosen up leftover dirt and impurities.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Hanging the seafood head-side down, Liao says, allows for impurities to exit the fish, as opposed to being stored in the tail.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • Drake has to transport the syrup to the kitchen in Northwest Park (or sometimes even his home) to filter for impurities and bottle.
    — Jennifer Coe, Courant Community, 30 June 2017
  • The red shiso in the mask removes impurities and improves dullness.
    — Maya McDowell, Seventeen, 21 May 2019
  • Similar to a foaming cleanser, the masks help to give you a solid deep clean by pulling dirt and impurities out of your pores to leave you with clear skin.
    — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 21 June 2017
  • Jackson, for his part, is not a critic who wants to tear everything down at the first whiff of impurity.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New York Review of Books, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Some diamonds have a boron impurity that gives them a vivid blue hue.
    — Chris Impey, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The wick filters out any impurities in the water, but it must be replaced every few months or so.
    — Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • An atom not quite at the right location, or an impurity like the wrong atom in the material will cause the phonon to scatter.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Our retreat masters warned us against sins of impurity, of course—against self-abuse.
    — Lance Morrow, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2018
  • The goal is to avoid massaging dirt and impurities back into your face.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Beef bones are first boiled in water for 15 minutes to clean blood and other impurities from them.
    — Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • It can also be used on bare skin to remove any impurities, SPF, etc.
    — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
  • The hooves must be plucked meticulously of any stray hairs and soaked in water for a day to remove impurities and funky odors.
    — Benjamin Kemper, Smithsonian, 27 Feb. 2018
  • That’s thanks to the charcoal in the formula, which is touted as a detoxifying ingredient that helps draw out any impurities clogging the hair follicle and causing buildup on the scalp.
    — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The process to create semiconductors requires quartz with little to no impurities.
    — Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024

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