How to Use glean in a Sentence

glean

verb

• They spent hours gleaning in the wheat fields.
• He has a collection of antique tools gleaned from flea markets and garage sales.
• They spent days gleaning the files for information.
• She gleaned her data from various studies.
• There are lessons that can be gleaned from the San Patricios.
  — Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2024
• But there’s a deeper issue to be gleaned from the macabre mess.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2023
• That would be the wrong lesson from the show, if there are any lessons at all to be gleaned from it.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
• And that’s not all the information to be gleaned from shed antlers.
  — Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
• Here are five fun Christmas facts gleaned from the volume.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• How this is handled in the narrative and side quests can't be gleaned just yet.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2023
• Sénéchal has gleaned a lot from how people have reacted to the fight.
  — Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
• These dusky blue birds once roamed the West in huge flocks, with hundreds alighting on piñon pines to glean nuts in the winter months.
  — Sara Van Note, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2022
• Some other trends can be gleaned from the tickets issued thus far.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2023
• Israel may be able to glean new intelligence during the pause, and so make plans for its next phase of the war.
  — Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• But there are still some important lessons to be gleaned from teams' first showings.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
• The Patriots receivers have looked to glean something from Adams, too.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022
• To date, his YouTube version has gleaned a whopping 5.4 million views.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
• Perhaps, even for someone of Korte’s stature, there were lessons to glean from this latest brazen scheme.
  — Jesse Hyde, Town & Country, 16 Aug. 2023
• Some can be gleaned from the museum exhibit, his films or books.
  — Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• How do these results gleaned from ancient DNA restore heritage for the Swahili?
  — The Conversation, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
• Besides a new wheel design, there's little else to glean from this image.
  — Greg S. Fink, Car and Driver, 14 Apr. 2023
• Don’t let the heat dissuade you from a discovery...there’s always something to glean from these restful midyear months.
  — Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 24 Aug. 2023
• The superstar spouses, who are parents to five kids between them, also have the benefit of life lessons gleaned along the way.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
• And scientists are gleaning different kinds of data from each of the cells in those atlases.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
• For those of us in the business landscape, there are several insights to glean from this evolution.
  — Joshua Adragna, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2023
• Along with the survey, trail organizers will glean feedback from focus groups and at popup events along the trail.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
• What is the biggest takeaway someone who wants to build wealth can glean from your personal journey?
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
• Some are in denial, some lash out in anger, and some resort to homeopathic remedies to glean a false sense of hope, but this is a hospice.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2022
• Churchill suspended the trainer until more information was gleaned about the nature of the deaths.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• What can vendors and brands glean from this information?
  — Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024