Examples of delouse in a Sentence
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Upon their arrival to Ellis Island, they were promptly doused in kerosene to delouse them after the voyage.
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Rachel Linden,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
He was fingerprinted, photographed, made to strip and told to brace himself for a tub of delousing liquid.
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Lizzie Presser,
ProPublica,
16 Oct. 2019
Taking the opposing view is Alexios Mantzarlis, the head of the International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynter Institute, who is working with Facebook to delouse the News Feed of falsehoods.
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Derek Thompson,
The Atlantic,
10 May 2018
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Rachel Linden,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
He was fingerprinted, photographed, made to strip and told to brace himself for a tub of delousing liquid.
—
Lizzie Presser,
ProPublica,
16 Oct. 2019
Taking the opposing view is Alexios Mantzarlis, the head of the International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynter Institute, who is working with Facebook to delouse the News Feed of falsehoods.
—
Derek Thompson,
The Atlantic,
10 May 2018
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“Delouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delouse. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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