Example Sentences

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The sweet spot, after all, isn’t about neatness or perfection.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

McCausland provided the width Cantwell struggled to deliver while Lawrence's distribution and neatness in possession was badly missed by the hosts in the first half.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023

In tracing this idea to its grim conclusion, “The Card Counter” doesn’t escape a certain diagrammatic neatness.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2021

There’s something satisfying about the neatness of the format — the clarity of the roles, the separation of powers — that allows a trumpeter and a pianist to let loose within the gift of structure.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2021

The girl was immaculate—not a blue thread out of place, her chignon of long fair hair coiled in regulation neatness two inches above her uniform collar.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein