tidiness

Example Sentences

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One of the pleasures here is witnessing both actors reanimate the rhythms of a long-ago conversation, their text absent the typical tidiness of a screenplay and instead an interwoven network of inflection, attitude, allusion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

It feels satisfying that he was apprehended, and as a reporter there’s a certain kind of tidiness about it being ready for Monday morning.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2025

Even after a somewhat improbable move by the four kids brings the clan up to Robbie’s Oregon home, there’s very little angst and plenty of tidiness, coziness and safety.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2024

"Her link-up play is something that has really improved, the tidiness of it. She finds herself in the box always between centre-halves and is really difficult to pick up."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2023

But Jon turns me into a model of tidiness and efficiency.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood