Example Sentences

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Now Millie has tidied up the kitchen and poured fresh coffee, and they get comfortable in the living room.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 1, 2018

When she shows pictures of herself in places she has tidied, before she starts, she looks like a lost sparrow in a tornado.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2016

Modern hygiene has tidied our bodies beyond what nature intended, so we’ve simply expanded our tidying efforts to adjacent spaces.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2016

He was replaced by Tony Hall, who has tidied up, instigating overdue cuts and culling some sacred cows—notably by slashing funding to BBC3, a youth channel.

From Economist • Jun. 19, 2014

Margaret searches for the Bradshaw, which apparently Sarah has tidied away.

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda