Example Sentences

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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

You may have tidied your desk, but have you cleaned up all that loose data on your laptop?

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2018

Stat attack: Swansea are the second lowest scorers in the Premier League, but have tidied up defensively in recent weeks - keeping three straight clean sheets.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2015

In three centuries of academic grubbing, scholars have tidied up and clarified William Shakespeare's manuscripts, making archaic words intelligible to the ordinary reader.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have tidied up the court-room and put the seats in readiness, and now I will go and tell the magistrates.

From The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika by Ryder, Arthur William