neatness

Example Sentences

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Neatness will kill a novel — throttle it and slowly snuff the life out of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Neatness, tidiness and straightness will be among judges' criteria at the Irish National Ploughing Championships, which opened at Ratheniska, in County Laois, on Tuesday.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2022

Neatness is like record-keeping in gardening — it makes your life as a gardener much easier.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2021

The poem’s most famous catchphrase—coming just before an ominous avalanche in the final line—is a double exclamation: “Neatness of finish! Neatness of finish!”

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2017

Neatness was not one of the things he aimed at in life.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden