Example Sentences

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He said he had tidied up the kitchen and that he’d spent ages on it, and I thought it still looked grotty.

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2018

It would be helpful if Mr. Suh had tidied up his material and tautened his second act, which lacks some of the furious zaniness of the first and ends at least three times.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2015

He had tidied the garage, “moved the piles into the house.”

From The New Yorker • Jun. 22, 2015

After we had tidied all that up, he suddenly said: "Give your mam my love and tell her to get out of hospital. They're not much fun."

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2014

I had tidied myself, I went down to Dr. Seward’s study.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker