neaten

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023

In the company’s classic Franco Zeffirelli production, after Rodolfo calls out to ask who’s at the door and a woman’s voice answers, he rushes over to a mirror to neaten his hair.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2020

There is only so much we can really put away even though I’ve started making the effort to remove anything truly personal when I neaten up ahead of company.

From Scientific American • Jul. 30, 2017

I would neaten myself up and tell them I could work whatever hours they wanted.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2013

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