Example Sentences

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More recently, I tidied the home of a friend who was in the hospital, the pill bottles and crumpled blankets left in situ as evidence of someone else’s pain.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

It is not simply that the curators have tidied up before letting the public in: Woolf’s “writing lodge” at Monk’s House in Sussex, England, for instance, is suspiciously clear of crumpled envelopes and broken cigarette-holders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

That night, Gil tidied up around the store, cleaned the bathroom, got ready to close for the day.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Implausible horror movies ask you to buy that a curse can be broken, a killer bested, nightmares tidied into a neat resolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

The three little girls, Bethan, Delwyth, and Eira, barefoot and grass-stained, smoothed and tidied the little corner of meadow that they called their Tea Place.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry