ADJ: 1 belonging to the earliest period or state: ORIGINAL.2a not spoiled, corrupted, or polluted: PURE b fresh and clean, as if new.
1 The pristine tale of the thousand paper cranes maintains that anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes pleases the gods and is granted a wish.
Believing in these gods takes us away from our pristine purpose of serving the true God.
Tim LOVES LOVES LOVES his pristine record collection.
Meredith likes to think her thoughts are pristine.
2 Meredith likes her pristine sweatband.
Tim doesn't care whether his socks are pristine or if they are old and gross.
Meredith likes her milk pristine or not at all.
Jesus's death is able to make us pristine, despite our sin.
*Credit for word choice goes fully to the NYT Word of the Day & Merriam-Webster, though I did come across the word yesterday and wonder how to spell it. I am trying to overcome vocab block (similar to writer's block); figured it was better to continue than to quit.
1: Led Zeppelin is the pristine hard rock band.
ReplyDeleteThe Beatles and The Beach Boys are not pristine (much credit goes to Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry).
Noah lived in the pristine era of the world.
2: Tim and Meredith keep their blog pristine by excluding everyone.
The alligator in biology is still pristine because it was stuck in a jar with magic juice.
Moses made the water pristine by commanding a tree to be placed in the stream.
Meredith is so smart. I think one day she will go to Pristine University and write for the New York Times (as a professional Vocabulator).
It is a daily challenge to keep the streams of our heart pristine.
Tim thinks Meredith is pristine, and has full confidence that she will regain her ability to dig up obscure words made impotent by their age.
things that i laughed at:
ReplyDelete2a; magic juice; Pristine U
good use of old vocab words!