How to Use clearing in a Sentence

clearing

noun

• We found a clearing in the forest.
• Only to see Oak, the heir to Elfhame, standing in a clearing.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 12 Dec. 2022
• Skies will be cloudy much of the day with some clearing by the afternoon.
  — oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2022
• Having reached the top, I am allowed to take a seat in a clearing.
  — Anna Bader, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2023
• The French drove him to a small clearing where lots of people had gathered.
  — Steve Straessle, Arkansas Online, 3 July 2023
• The four settlers were in a clearing; one had an M16 and was walking along the edge of the terraced grove of olive trees.
  — Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• In the clearing, Suciu showed us how to cook slănină, cured slabs of pork fat, on sticks over the flames.
  — Kate Eshelby, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
• Everyone dressed in red, white, and blue, and went down to a clearing by the lake where games had been set up.
  — Emily Ziff Griffin, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
• In that new clearing, native plants will have a chance to gain back a little ground.
  — Sonya Bennett-Brandt, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
• Just then a heavy gobbler made the mistake of trying to cross a small clearing.
  — Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2023
• Later, the unit had to cross a clearing in range of Ukrainian artillery.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• There's snow in the forecast most of the week before a partial clearing Sunday.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
• At a clearing in the brush, a clunky wooden dock is still pulled onshore for the season amid piles of dirty snow.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2023
• Starling Marte slams a bases-clearing double to walk it off.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023
• This much is sure: Grubb would come cheap, clearing room for the Huskies to spend heavily on the coaching staff.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
• The showers will end overnight with partial clearing late.
  — Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2023
• Volatile Flow – Any orb grants your void weapons Volatile Rounds for even more damage and easy mob clearing.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 May 2023
• The main house is set in a small clearing with two bedrooms and three bathrooms in nearly 4,300 square feet.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2024
• That's why the possessive title credit does a lot of the clearing.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2022
• The partial clearing might allow a glimpse of the moon and Mars nearly on top of each other in the southeast evening sky.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
• That night, in the glow of their red and green headlamps, the students assembled in a clearing for dinner.
  — Will Higginbotham Marlena Sloss, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• Skies will be hazy through the morning, and then some clearing is expected.
  — oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2023
• Portland’s rain should taper off by the evening and some clearing is likely overnight.
  — oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2023
• Keep in Mind Screech owl houses should be placed close to a wooded area, like a woodland clearing or the edge of a forest.
  — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023
• Secluded Nanny Goat Beach is an ideal place to go for a swim, fish, take a mind-clearing walk, or just soak in the sun.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
• Both the ordinance and MOU require up to 21 days notice for some clearings.
  — The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2023
• Moderate breezes and clearing conditions from the north blow in behind the cold front.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• In the ensuing years, neighbors could hear the clearing of trees, and construction.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
• Overnight skies will see some clearing with lows dipping into the upper 60s.
  — Mike Rose, cleveland, 24 July 2023
• Terrain with fewer hills in the park allows for faster clearing, but the teams have yet to tackle the larger challenges.
  — Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 1 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024