Example Sentences

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"I spent my entire life here. I went to school here. Cleaned the park, sowed grass. My son, and now my grandson grew up here," said Valerii.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2022

Q. Cleaned out our food: For the past year, we have had a twice-monthly cleaning service that is a gift from grandparents while we raise young children.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2019

Cleaned up, Horwitz is soon “Gone to Texas,” in the 19th-century phrase.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2019

Cleaned up just enough by those who spied an opportunity, it came roaring back a few months later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2018

“It was down twelve points at twelve oclock. Cleaned me out.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner