How to Use clean out in a Sentence

clean out

phrasal verb
  • Even the crevices of your couch will be a breeze to clean out.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Those of us who helped clean out the house do not want to go back there.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
  • It was last cleaned out in 2019, when the sand was placed on South Ponto Beach.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The grease falls into the grill's drip pan below, which is easy to clean out.
    goodhousekeeping.com, 1 June 2023
  • Then clean out the area, purge, assess and find a system that fits.
    Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Say goodbye to cleaning out the sink and wiping off the counter.
    Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2024
  • This game doesn’t pack much heat in terms of cleaning out the office.
    Grant Gaspard, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Dryer vents should be cleaned out at least once a year.
    Sophia Benoit, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The Spin City actor had a cat at the time and wasn't very good about cleaning out the litter box.
    Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Carefully crack open the end of a few eggs and clean out the shells to create these tiny planters.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Leftover sludge falls to the bottom of the ponds, which are then cleaned out and refilled to renew the process.
    Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
  • The liquor cabinet wasn’t the only thing cleaned out this year.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Time to clean out the candle, move a glass or two out of the kitchen, and plop your jewels into them.
    Katie Hill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2025
  • Shops have been cleaned out of food and basic supplies.
    Emma Bubola, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • So there’s no need to clean out your cabinets to get rid of foods made with them.
    Renée Onque, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
  • In the second surgery, the rest of the infection was cleaned out and the wound could finally be closed.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
  • Discard the neck bone (do not feed this to your dog), clean out the gizzard, and cut the rest of the giblets into bite-sized pieces.
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Scrub the dispensers and use a pipe cleaner to clean out the connecting pipes.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2023
  • With a sharp chisel, clean out all the veneer and old glue within that area.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The Lancaster terminal was cleaned out, and the doors rolled down and locked.
    Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
  • She’d been slotted to clean out her office on the second floor at 9:15 a.m.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
  • One of those jobs was cleaning out my gutters last night.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2024
  • You'll also be asked to take a laxative to clean out your colon.
    Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The Broncos cleaned out their lockers the next day back in Denver and mostly scattered to the wind.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 16 June 2025
  • Watch this video to see how to use power tools to quickly clean out pumpkins.
    Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Hummingbird feeders should be cleaned out twice a week in hot weather and once a week when temperatures are cool.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2026
  • There was very little hair to clean out after using the attachments.
    Essence Wiley, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Part of the reason for periodically cleaning out the fridge is simply to keep track of what’s inside.
    Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
  • There's one brief inning for each team, which its batters spend trying to pummel the ball clean out of the park time and time again.
    Samanth Subramanian, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Will influencers start selling high-end neti pots to clean out our sinuses in the hopes of shrinking our noses?
    Georgia Casey, Allure, 6 Feb. 2026

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