How to Use clearing in a Sentence

clearing

noun
  • We found a clearing in the forest.
  • It was aimed at the clearing where there should have been a pin.
    Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Time to get out of the car and take a mind-clearing walk.
    Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
  • There was a clearing on a bluff with a view of the water.
    Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The city is almost done with this clearing task for this year.
    Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
  • As darkness gave way to dim light, a wolf emerged in a clearing.
    Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • There should be some clearing late as highs reach the mid-80s.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2020
  • For you, this is a clearing moment.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 8 Feb. 2026
  • After the front moves through, clearing will take place.
    Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Crews worked into the night clearing roads.
    Dave Collins, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2026
  • The road took us to an open clearing, bare and treeless like a wound.
    Lauren Markham, Wired, 9 Oct. 2021
  • With large-scale land clearing came a sharp decline in wildlife of all kinds.
    Sean Lawrence, The Conversation, 18 June 2025
  • There arc few, if any, clearings, old apple trees, and old stone walls.
    Worth Matthewson, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The warm temps will come with clearing skies but strong winds as gusts hit 33 mph.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2021
  • This is a major clearing of mature dunes with sea grapes and sea oats.
    Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
  • As Bieber dances and runs around the clearing, strobe lights flash in the trees around him.
    Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Katie and Andrew come to a clearing lit by dozens of string lights.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 6 July 2021
  • But working the land to grow food crops such as rice, peanuts, and maize means clearing trees.
    Dina Fine Maron, Animals, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Skies will be cloudy much of the day with some clearing by the afternoon.
    oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2022
  • If a clearing opens up, the surrounding trees race to fill the gap.
    Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Most owls like to have a clearing nearby for hunting.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Most owls like to have a clearing nearby for hunting.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The clearing contained a corral, a shed and a makeshift shack.
    New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Gow floundered down the slope, trying to find a clearing in the thick trees.
    Cassidy Randall, Time, 27 Dec. 2020
  • Friday night will be mostly cloudy in the evening but clearing as the night goes on.
    Brooke Muckerman, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 26 Mar. 2026
  • In that new clearing, native plants will have a chance to gain back a little ground.
    Sonya Bennett-Brandt, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Read on for driveway-clearing tips that won't leave you stuck inside.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
  • There's more space in the room, or the space that is there is brighter, as though a clearing away has happened.
    Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The jet hit a clump of trees and skipped across a small lake before crashing to a stop in a clearing.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2022
  • Others hailed the city’s efforts at snow-clearing.
    Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026

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