neaten

Example Sentences

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The brief was to reduce the bulk at the sides and neaten the perimeter.

From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2020

The reader struggles, along with Vanessa, to make sense of what is happening, to interpolate, to see the truth, with so many false accounts, so many delusions, so many efforts to neaten or prettify.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2020

Over 24 hours, I watched pundits and advocates try to neaten this case up, with conclusions that might wrangle the story back into something more orderly.

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2018

There is only so much we can really put away even though I’ve started making the effort to remove anything truly personal when I neaten up ahead of company.

From Scientific American • Jul. 30, 2017

I clean up my bed on the couch, and Dad and Steph neaten my bedroom, where they’re staying.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila