Example Sentences

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Traffic cops have tamed some of Baghdad's worst intersections, crews of cleaners are tidying the streets, and the power supply has slowly improved.

From Time Magazine Archive

“The Swanburne girls had a treasure hunt this morning, and these are the treasures. As you see by our bushels, we are tidying up right now.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

I would like him to be worming underneath one evening when those two birds are tidying up: perhaps he would do something then.

From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

"You are tidying up the apartments, I see," said Nekhludoff, shaking hands.

From Resurrection by Maude, Louise Shanks

"I don't mind your smoking, Mike," the young man went on, "that's your own affair; but I'd rather you didn't smoke a pipe while you are tidying up the private office."

From Tales of Fantasy and Fact by Matthews, Brander