clutter

Example Sentences

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Once the dry clutter is gone, what remains tends to sort itself into a few familiar categories:

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Yet one of Ms. Lewin’s main arguments is that writing gets done in transitory and chaotic spaces, too: in cafes, at kitchen tables, on the train and amid a fair amount of clutter and detritus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Where others saw mere clutter, Margareta Magnusson spotted a moral issue: Who is responsible for what she called “the mountain of crap” most of us accumulate over a lifetime?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Carson resident Evy Llamas recalled seeing furniture constantly moving in and out from the house down the street, new faces coming and going, and what appeared to be heavy clutter inside.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

In the advertising business, this surfeit of information is called the “clutter” problem, and clutter has made it harder and harder to get any one message to stick.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell