But the air tasted clean and fresh.

The water tasted clean and I drank quite a lot and felt much better physically-but not the sick weight in my heart.

His mouth tasted clean, as though he had recently brushed his teeth.

He had put snow in it, and it tasted clean.

But the Scotch and soda he punched for tasted clean and comforting when it came.

There could be no striving on such a day, and the damp air tasted clean and fresh in his lungs.

Her breath tasted fresh and clean like the wind off the ocean.

When the rust had been run out of the pipes, the water from the tap tasted clean and sweet.

The water tasted fresh and clean; when she'd had enough of it, she splashed some over her head and face.