Example Sentences

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That night, Gil tidied up around the store, cleaned the bathroom, got ready to close for the day.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

So obviously I tidied my entire bedroom because I knew the Zoom was going to face out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

I tidied up the wiring using the kind of tape that the factory would have used in 1939.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Molting peacocks squawked in the distance and a Pacific breeze whispered through the eucalyptus as flamingo keeper Liz Gibbons tidied her station at the San Francisco Zoo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

It was Aries, the starfolk who'd tidied her room after she was moved.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton