How to Use bathe in a Sentence

bathe

verb
  • The street was bathed in black.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
  • On the same floor, a neon bed is bathed in red light.
    — Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
  • His black hair is bathed in golden light.
    — Michael Nied, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • So that's the fluid that bathes your brain.
    — Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Both series were bathed in warmth and heart.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Soldiers slept in their clothes and rarely bathed.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • At choir, their parents sing of a world bathed in light.
    — Blake Simons, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Then, streaks of speckled light bathe the girls in ocean blue.
    — Zeniya Cooley, refinery29.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Many here lack water to bathe and flush toilets.
    — Natalia Favre, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • After bathing, spray your tub down two to three times per week to keep it clean.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
  • After bathing, spray your tub down two to three times per week to keep it clean.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
  • A touch of bubble-gum pink isn’t a bad thing, but bathing the room in it is.
    — Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Robins love shallow birdbaths to drink and bathe from.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
  • The spacious but cocoon-like rooms are bathed in wood tones.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Every night the city is bathed in neon red as a purge-like event begins.
    — Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There aren’t many waterways in the world clean enough to bathe in and drink from.
    — Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The habitat needs at least one source of clean water for wildlife to drink and bathe.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The woman had not had her diaper changed nor been bathed in a month.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Each morning, Veeta helps feed and bathe him.
    — Andy Smith, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2025
  • That slimy feeling on your skin after bathing or washing your hands?
    — USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
  • To half-undress and bathe in cold well-water before the meal.
    — Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Pickled shrimp and spicy peppers were bathed in a cool coconut broth.
    — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Children play and bathe in the water, which smells of rotting sea life.
    — Sheyla Urdaneta Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, New York Times, 22 July 2023
  • It is restricted to low bogs where its roots are bathed in water all year long.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Um, and hanging out and, and bathing in the magic of music.
    — Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2026
  • That water had to be heated then poured into a tub to bathe her young twin girls.
    — Michael Phillis, The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Dozens of people then began running from the scene, now bathed in smoke.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Staff instead bathed the 12-year-old in soap and water.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • People had to wait in lines for water to drink, cook, bathe and flush toilets.
    — Javacia Harris Bowser, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2023
  • On hot days the beach was fine for sun bathing after a quick dip in the bracing water.
    — Marc Terziev, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026

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