seem clean
Frequency: 7.09.1 per million words
to give the impression of being clean
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Examples (10)
- The kitchen may seem clean, but a closer inspection reveals dust.
- At first glance, the hotel room seemed clean, but we later found stains.
- The river water seems clean, but looks can be deceiving.
- Even if the air seems clean, it can still contain invisible pollutants.
- Does this second-hand shirt seem clean enough to wear?
- Although the politician's record seemed clean, journalists uncovered a hidden scandal.
- His hands seemed clean, but he had just been working in the garden.
- She wanted her apartment to seem clean before her parents arrived.
- The data might seem clean, but we need to check for hidden errors.
- On the surface, the operation seemed clean, but it was highly unethical.