neaten

Example Sentences

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Few things neaten a naturalistic garden like fresh edging around beds.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023

The brief was to reduce the bulk at the sides and neaten the perimeter.

From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2020

They fundamentally try to neaten things up and make it look more rational than it is.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2012

Many of these trees, typically 100 years old or more according to Australia’s DEC, have been lost to logging or development, or to people trying to neaten up their properties.

From Scientific American • Mar. 13, 2012

He gathered the papers he had been working on and tamped the bottom of the pile on his desk to neaten it, and then laid the stack down on the right side of the desk.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson