How to Use clear out in a Sentence

clear out

verb
  • By this time, the room has cleared out, and the deputies are nowhere in sight.
    Bill Atkinson, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The Canucks get back a 2024 fourth-round draft pick and clear out some cap space.
    Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Clean the oven, clear out the fridge and freezer, clean the garbage cans and edit the pantry.
    Kathryn Weber, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • As people cleared out, a dry spot where a tent had been.
    Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Everyone else cleared out of the room so that the two could be alone.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • This lull in the rain will be short-lived, but provide enough time for runoff to clear out of the city.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Dec. 2022
  • But those strategies won’t be enough to clear out the glut.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Then Willie Stargell stepped to the plate and hit a ball clear out of Dodger Stadium.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Grab your glass of milk for dunking and clear out a space in the freezer for a box of Thin Mints.
    Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the clouds will clear out by midday with a gusty west wind.
    Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Self-care is about clearing out the things that no longer serve you to make room for growth.
    Madison Butler, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Roseman made plans to clear out the house and sell the property.
    AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2022
  • After most of the gym cleared out, Plumlee walked up to Helen.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The music stopped, and the restaurant began clearing out.
    Anumita Kaur and Tamir Kalifa, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Skies are partly sunny during the day and clear out overnight.
    David Streit, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Clouds should thicken a bit tonight but should clear out before dawn.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The clouds will clear out though, leading to a partly cloudy and mild afternoon.
    Dallas News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Blount stands started clearing out while fans stayed in the Vigor stands.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The sky will gradually clear out, leading to sunshine and blue skies for most of the day.
    Dallas News, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Most clouds will clear out after 10 a.m. as northwest winds kick up.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Skies gradually clear out overnight with lows of 65 to 70.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Media are starting to clear out of the street after at least 146 people were killed.
    Kelly Kasulis Cho, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Target, like many of its peers, has been discounting to try to clear out a glut of goods this summer.
    Sarah Nassauer, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Someone needs to clear out their fridge, because things have been rotting.
    Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The towering beach hotels of Shëngjin, which clear out for the winter months, seemed perfect.
    Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Sheriff's didn't search Flores' room until it was cleared out for the summer.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Confidence: High Tonight: Any breezes should calm and skies mostly clear out.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The smoke began clearing out of the city Monday as flow from the Pacific Ocean began to push the haze eastward.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The college students clear out in the summer, which makes the area surprisingly crowd-free.
    Kelsey Fowler, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Skies quickly clear out, but the cold air funnels in, keeping highs mainly in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
    David Streit, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024

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