cleanly

Example Sentences

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In the bottom of the ninth in Game 7, playing second base with the infield in, Rojas cleanly fielded a grounder and threw out Isiah Kiner-Falefa by inches at home plate to save the game.

From Los Angeles Times

Georgia Evans took the ball cleanly before offloading to player of the match Tuipulotu, who peeled around the front before bulldozing over the wing to celebrate her second try in as many games.

From BBC

Being a respected TV writer too, most recently on Mike Judge’s “Beavis and Butt-Head,” she knows how to pick her words carefully to kill men cleanly and without mercy.

From Los Angeles Times

And the Fed is both re-examining the size cutoffs for stricter bank oversight and working on ways to test for “novel” risks that may not tie back cleanly to size, Mr. Barr said this week.

From New York Times

Robb especially recommends heating up the knife for chocolate and fudge cakes that you want to slice cleanly.

From Washington Post