Examples of 'washes his hands' in a sentence
Meaning of "washes his hands"
This is a figurative phrase that means someone is distancing themselves from a situation or refusing to take responsibility for something. It originates from the act of washing one's hands to symbolically clean oneself of guilt or blame. For example, if someone says, 'He washes his hands of the matter,' it means he is avoiding being involved or held accountable
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washes his hands
He washes his hands of the whole matter.
We will be all right if he washes his hands.
He washes his hands before putting on an apron.
After uncle max washes his hands.
Tom washes his hands all the time.
Pasic calls him and he washes his hands.
He washes his hands and another man enters.
I doubt he even washes his hands.
He washes his hands up to the wrists three times.
I do not think he washes his hands.
He washes his hands three times.
Head of household washes his hands.
And washes his hands obsessively.
I hold my breath as he washes his hands.
He washes his hands and leaves.
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He finishes the jobs and washes his hands.
He who washes his hands is resplendent.
He quite frequently washes his hands.
I hope he washes his hands before he opens the door.
In the nocturnal landscape the monk washes his hands.
Tom always washes his hands before eating anything.
You are going to ask the surgeon about how he washes his hands.
My father washes his hands.
Tom washes his hands more than thirty times a day.
An engineer is someone who washes his hands before going to the toilet.
In some traditions only the head of the household washes his hands.
He washes his hands again.
Sing the alphabet song together while your child washes his hands.
A man washes his hands.
There is a moment in the Mass when the priest washes his hands.
Then he washes his hands of it.
Father Bakker does the altar boys and washes his hands in innocence.
He washes his hands in a bowl.
I had a boss once say a good cop always washes his hands before he pisses.
A man washes his hands before or after tending to his needs.
So Pilate takes a bowl of water and washes his hands in front of the crowd.
Pilate washes his hands of the matter and permits him to be put to death.
Now we have a situation in which Mr Major washes his hands of the whole issue.
The priest then washes his hands as a symbolic gesture of purification.
Jesus is condemned to death by the mob and Pontius Pilate washes his hands.
Putin washes his hands.
And I know for a fact he never washes his hands.
Always washes his hands.
And the irresponsible head of the Ministry of Education washes his hands.
Tom is a germaphobe and he washes his hands several times every hour of the day.
He washes his hands all the time to rid himself of anything that touches them.
Remember the child that washes his hands well can dine with adults.
He washes his hands with surgical soap … to get rid of the blood.
President Alcazar washes his hands of that one.
A man washes his hands after Ebola screening upon entering the General Hospital in Goma.
