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    Use "tidy" in a sentence

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    1. The cottage was a nice little house, she decided as she tidied up the curtains in the front room


    2. We tidied up and were walking between the boats along the jetty with our catch when a tourist whipped out his digital and took a flash photo of the local fishing folk coming home after a long day hunting the fish


    3. While Chrissie cleared up and tidied the room generally, they sat at the table


    4. While they cleaned and tidied up, White Feathers and his father chatted


    5. She chatted to me as I tidied up the lounge and then helped me carry the ironing up stairs


    6. Tidied his rooms and toted the luggage to the entry door


    7. ” He got up, tidied his clothing and brushed a hand through his hair


    8. The rubbish bins she tidied up every week were askew amidst floating bits of rubbish and broken glass


    9. He tidied up the bits of broken crockery and ornaments on the floor and heaped them on the table


    10. Jon also tidied ropes as no one wanted the captain to trip over one

    11. Had they tidied up everything, left no loose ends, so they could


    12. Gretchen having tidied up the


    13. Trevor blew dust from his computer screen, tidied his pencils and papers, then sat back in his chair and studied the grandfather clock


    14. As they tidied up the table, their men


    15. It was past eight o'clock by the time that the children had finished their meal and tidied up


    16. It must have been hidden beneath the rubbish, and was only now visible after the yard had been magically tidied


    17. He scraped everything out, tidied up the ragged edges, doused it with peroxide and sewed it back together


    18. He said he’d love a cup of tea, but the dishes had been washed and the kitchen tidied so she suggested a glass of cold water would be better, setting it down on the table with unnecessary force before retiring to her room


    19. After dinner had been eaten and the dishes washed and put away and the kitchen tidied up, they went to Chris’ room where his sound system was


    20. After everything had been cleared away and the kitchen tidied up, the three of

    21. The property - now owned by the Cabinet Minister, was in the process of being tidied up by a team of gardeners from a well-known Gardening Service


    22. As they tidied up, she remembered something


    23. He parked the excavator back in its original spot and tidied the area


    24. After Carla had attended to the drip and tidied up, Max disposed of his scrubs and went to find Habib


    25. She changed the sheets and tidied the room


    26. She tidied the room a bit before she went down to breakfast, which was a buffet affair offering everything you could wish for


    27. His hair had been tidied up a bit too, and the parting shifted to the other side


    28. Clayton tidied up, and walked across to the Headquarters to see the duty Corporal in the Transport Office


    29. Two or three weeks before the conference was due to start, somebody from the client’s procurement department phoned the hotel and suggested that there were a couple of points in the contract that needed tidied up and one of them (it turned out that it was the only one!) was the price


    30. Chef Luc suggested that they end there and get tidied up; for, the following day they would begin to put everything into practice as he waived the notes in front of Charlie's face

    31. I went over to him, took them from him, tidied them into a neat bundle and put


    32. to empty their waste bins and hastily tidied their rooms


    33. ” She got up, tidied her long robes and her long hair, then she began to dance madly under the moonlight


    34. He cleared his throat and tidied up his clothing to look slightly more professional


    35. The spot she was in was tidied up; there was even a soft bed of leaves covered by a thick blanket for her to rest upon


    36. The cleaner has been in and has tidied everything up


    37. and tidied his hair


    38. Once the kitchen was tidied up, Nick became businesslike, and suggested that they (indicating Henri, Falcon, Conrad, Joel and Kathy) adjourn in the living room, while Jack oversaw the security team shift changes and assigned new duties


    39. Isha came back upstairs after a while and found the room tidied up


    40. Barnes came and tidied them

    41. He had made the path; he had paid to have it tidied and adorned; and he required of it in return that it should keep quiet and be useful


    42. After breakfast, they tidied up


    43. The cares and pressures of the week largely put aside, she tidied up (marginally) after a steaming shower, and they set off for the Restaurant


    44. But, of course, it did not happen and I relaxed into my efforts, losing all track of time as I moved stones, cleared more weeds and generally tidied up


    45. At the corner, he tidied Davies’ appearance as best he could,


    46. He decided it would be fun to cook together, so he tidied up and lit some candles and put the groceries away, liberating the lobsters into the sink


    47. While Thompson was out, Smith tidied up a bit; Thompson was a bit of a slob


    48. At the end of this period, you will have tidied up two irritating jobs which have been bugging


    49. I knew I wouldn’t have time to get changed into civils so I just washed my face and tidied up my school skirt and blouse


    50. She lit the fire and gave the children their tea - there was still some coal and food left of what had been bought with the three shillings obtained from the Board of Guardians - and afterwards she tidied the house



















    1. She efficiently helps me drink some more water and tidies the bed


    2. ‘She who tidies up’, no doubt


    3. There are wonderful tidies on the chairs, and gay mats on the floor, and books and cards carefully arranged on a round table, and vases of dried grass on the mantel-piece


    1. if she helps with the dishes or tidy up their toys


    2. He would understand that they were just getting settled into their lives together, and during this phase there might be some loose ends from previous lives to tidy up


    3. While Emma obtains our refreshments, I tidy up the cups and saucers on the table, piling them onto the tray left beside one of the chairs


    4. While I get dinner organised, Stephen goes off to see what, if anything, is said about the incident at the house on the TV news while Liz goes up to tidy herself up


    5. Will was trying to tidy up the broken pieces of our family portraits, shards of glass and broken dishes


    6. As I tidy the lounge, I remember to send up a prayer of thanks


    7. You put me to shame really, with my little ways and my tidy ledgers…bar one fact


    8. It was far too tidy for him


    9. telling the ashes that you forgot to tidy away


    10. His cabin is as tidy as ever

    11. To my surprise, the cabin is tidy … I had expected Joris to be one of those men who leave things wherever they drop, but I was wrong


    12. I'm just here to help tidy up the loose ends


    13. To make things run as smoothly as he could, the businessman bought the cottage from the couple, which, given that they never had a mortgage in the first place, meant that they pocketed a tidy little sum


    14. When at last I caught up with the others, they were on the lip of a wide plateau of sandy rock and there, emerging from the wiry scrub, stood a tidy cluster of stubborn ruins and dry stone walls that seemed determined to stand forever


    15. The kitchen is very tidy – Alastair obviously cleared up after I had gone to work


    16. “We came to tidy the master bedroom, my Lady


    17. had a mortgage in the first place, meant that they pocketed a tidy


    18. I tidy up the papers and pile the files neatly on one side of the table


    19. him tidy it up and found a photograph in the process


    20. She’d been touched by the earnestness of his feelings for the dead woman and done her best to tidy up the corpse, dressing it in the clothing Mickey had selected from Sheila’s limited wardrobe

    21. As she worked, she thought of Billy – she’d never considered it before but he must do all the housework at the house … maybe next time she went there she would offer to help … there was something strangely satisfying about making things clean and tidy


    22. Just as well that he’d given Ozzie and Chrissie sufficient time to get away … with a bit of luck, they’d have left the place clean and tidy – Chrissie seemed to be particular like that


    23. It was tidy and clean – obviously Chrissie had straightened it up after Kev left


    24. The door opened and they went in - again, the room was tidy and clean, though it caused comment when Mrs Brown discovered Mickey’s clothing in the cupboard


    25. That is so tidy a prospect


    26. ” With that she mounted the last steps and hurried to her room to tidy up for supper


    27. But for David, it was unexpected and sudden, no time to say anything or tidy anything up


    28. Sometimes I get tired of lying down, I do some shares of his things and tidy up his flat and he does appreciate it very much


    29. Dingle does like a tidy garden as much as you like apple and blackberry pie" said Granny as she packed the last of the plates and cups into her enormous hamper


    30. The catch being that they’ve left you to tidy up after the fact

    31. until the last minute to clean up the yard and tidy up the house


    32. The Elf reached to unknot the tidy little bow and ribbon around the box, its only adornments


    33. But as he was scanning round in her room the thought occurred to her that she hadn’t bothered to tidy up before leaving that morning in a hurry for work


    34. He pulled on his jacket, ran his fingers through his hair in a vain attempt to tidy it a little, and then set off to the medical centre, grabbing his overcoat as he went out into the icy night air


    35. Torbin’s room was unusually tidy since he had brought nothing with him, only the tablet to relay his projected thoughts


    36. It was tidy enough except for the stains on the wall and the wine on the rug


    37. Then he led her out patio doors through a small courtyard, down steps and a concrete walkway to a tidy barn


    38. A Halfling of my means can’t be choosy, especially when one drops a tidy pile of silver coins on my counter


    39. Just when I had things all wrapped in a tidy little ribbon, Mr


    40. It was a very tidy desk

    41. The apartment was very comfortable, simply furnished, clean and tidy


    42. I felt my attraction to him every time he was near, and he would still fit well into the rest of my life that was still laid out in its tidy map, if only the cancer would go away


    43. As late as 1955, my upright Aunt Mona, preparing for grocery shopping, would slide a pearl-capped hatpin into her black straw hat, perched neatly over a tidy cornucopia of braids


    44. John would never have left them in that state, for he was anal about being tidy


    45. After moving their things aboard el Tiburón Limon and familiarizing Beth with its workings, he left her to tidy up while he went out to shop for supplies – or so he told her: perhaps he had been overly hasty


    46. "She is a bit tidy though isn't she?"


    47. You can fix the bugs when we get back to Earth, and it won’t take us long to straighten out the furniture and get things tidy


    48. The neighbours' children, frequent visitors, were enthralled at this unconventional room that looked like nothing they’d ever seen and didn't have to be kept tidy


    49. consideration to tidy up before she ran away-which she usually did on the almost


    50. Anyhow, DO try and keep the house a little tidy













































    1. Emma and Liz insisted on clearing away all the dishes before they left so there is nothing to be done in here bar a small amount of tidying up


    2. After terminating the call and feeling irrationally pleased with herself that she knew how to, she pottered around the house, cleaning and tidying … it was satisfying


    3. ’ Gilla said, straightening the covers and tidying the bed generally


    4. ‘Yes … um … I gather that he and his wife have been living separate lives for some years now and are just tidying up the situation now that Alastair has – um - has formed a relationship with Jo Symons


    5. We spend the afternoon in the garden, cutting the grass as short as we dare and tidying up the borders


    6. ’ I told him, tidying up the diaries scattered over the table so that we can have enough space to eat


    7. I was thinking that I need to be back at the house tonight – with Mum and Dad coming for dinner tomorrow, I’ll need to do a bit of tidying up and top up the old food stores


    8. As I lift the mug to carry it into the lounge, a thought hits me … if I feel like this when I am moving on to something exciting, how on earth did Bunty feel, tidying up the ends of her life


    9. "Not much”, he says, adding, “but he did say something about tidying up this morning, but not where or when


    10. I’d busied myself putting the phone down and tidying one or two papers on the heap … trying very hard to behave as though it was a perfectly normal occurrence for me to have phone conversations with men arranging dinner dates … I failed

    11. Dingle beamed and rose to join the rest of the group busily tidying up the equipment and replacing the turf where the pegs had been


    12. They were indeed courageous, as their name suggested, since as a part of their total-body, tidying up services, they would even head in and out of the hippo’s mouth with their dinky tooth brushes and dental floss to leave him with a glistening, bright smile when they were all done


    13. “There that should set you up so get it down you and then you and Bert can go for a smoke while Mabel and I clear away the things and get some tidying up done


    14. I shouted a warning to Detective Inspector Grunt, who was out tidying up the flowerbeds and seeing us, he jumped clear, laughing loudly when we careened into the old horse-trough, coming to a juddering halt


    15. But as she reached the stone wall once more and dropped to rest on its smooth surface, wiping her forehead and tidying her ponytail, she could not help but remember the feelings the dream had roused in her


    16. David had spent the rest of the day in the garden, pottering about and tidying


    17. Annyeke paused in the middle of her frantic and unnecessary tidying and leaned her forehead against the cool glass of the window


    18. Now, as the sun rose higher, he should be back at the village well, tidying his belongings, preparing to trade with the first of the women


    19. I’m still here tidying up before the realtors come through


    20. “Well, the good thing is we’ll see a lot more of you,” she said, tidying her hair back to where it was as best she could

    21. I thought about it for a moment while I was tidying my apartment


    22. The war, according to the Allied commanders was already won and virtually over, victory was assured, it was now only a question of tidying up


    23. There was little more for Rudolph to do around the place with Jazz and Peg Green tidying up the edges


    24. ” Once the washing-up was done, she pottered around doing some tidying up


    25. She said nothing and went back to her routine of clearing the table and tidying up the kitchen


    26. The Doctor was tidying up the clinic and said over his shoulder


    27. printer must have jammed as he was tidying away some pieces of crumpled, ink-spattered paper


    28. He then finished tidying his station then placed the dish on the designated spot ready to be judged


    29. The three boys all climbed into Chef Luc's van, as she watched them carefully drive away before she returned to tidying the kitchen, then headed back to the warmth of her bed for a little more sleep


    30. Tgthiem was busily tidying it all up, and Mischia instinctively began to help, only because doing something helped her take her mind off the panic threatening to consume her

    31. and tidying up the room


    32. Sorry, but Robbie’s tidying his room this morning


    33. “I just said I was tidying up a bit, and—”


    34. few seconds, he briefly entertained the thought of tidying up a bit before the


    35. She helps out in the studio once a week, tidying up and stuff


    36. Sunaina stood there for a minute and then went back to tidying up her home, trying to forget about the instance


    37. Tidying them up


    38. Two servant girls entered and began the process of tidying up


    39. I splashed some water on my face, managing to clean up the worst of the makeup, then quickly ran my fingers through my hair, tidying it as much as I could


    40. And two or three days later, when Wemyss had again hired a car to take them for an outing to Windsor, while she and Lucy were tidying themselves for tea in the ladies' room of the hotel she turned from the looking-glass in the act of pinning back some hair loosened by motoring, and in spite of having a hairpin in her mouth said, again suddenly, 'What did Mrs

    41. Just before half-past seven, while she was in her room on the other side of the house tidying herself before facing Chesterton and the evening meal she had reduced it to the merest skeleton of a meal, but Chesterton insisted on waiting, and all the usual ceremonies were observed--she was startled by the sound of wheels on the gravel beneath the window


    42. It would be idle to pretend that she wasn't very much perturbed,--she was; and the brush with which she was tidying her pretty grey hair shook in her hand


    43. He sat out on the platform and watched the children go about their tasks of collecting water and firewood and generally tidying up


    44. Dad was fairly hopeless tidying up and I only glossed over the real dirty bits


    45. Sophie did some tidying and worked through some notes on the specials for the rest of the week


    46. I went to her and held her hand because a nurse was in the room tidying her


    47. 1974, thoughts of tidying the campus were remote at best


    48. She seemed pre-occupied and spent several minutes hovering by the kitchen table, randomly touching objects and tidying papers without any real purpose


    49. After tidying the kitchen, she picked up her phone and placed a call


    50. The whitesmocked priest came after him, tidying his stole with one hand, balancing with the other a little book against his toad's belly











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    Synonyms for "tidy"

    tidy clean up neaten square away straighten straighten out tidy up goodish goodly healthy hefty respectable sizable sizeable kempt substantial ample neat orderly spruce trim

    "tidy" definitions

    receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)


    put (things or places) in order


    marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits


    (of hair) neat and tidy


    large in amount or extent or degree