Usage examples for sterile
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The outer layers are dead wood and the kernels sterile. – An American at Oxford by John Corbin
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She was there, sitting quietly before a large, round, shining centre- table, whose sterile emptiness was relieved only by a shaded lamp and a large black and gilt open volume. – The Argonauts of North Liberty by Bret Harte
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It is generally satisfactory to wrap the cord in one of the sterile gauze sponges which has been previously soaked in alcohol. – The Prospective Mother A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy by J. Morris Slemons