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

Smoothing my wrap and running my fingers through my hair to neaten it, I took a deep breath and released it slowly.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis