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
  • And the Covenant School moms were in tears watching the gallery get cleared out.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
  • 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
  • Getting ready for spring, we till the soil and clear out weeds.
    Tammy Sons, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • The high will be near 49 degrees for those areas that clear out of the fog.
    oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Any that do pass through would clear out by mid-to-late evening, Mitchell said.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Dallas News, 1 July 2021
  • That’s one way to clear out any of those pesky bustles in your hedgerow.
    Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2022
  • 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
  • Teams are working around the clock to clear out the debris the crash left behind.
    Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Our grandparents used to open the windows to clear out the germs.
    Megan Ranney, CNN, 7 Sep. 2021
  • There are no storms in the forecast to clear out the inversion.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • When will the unhealthy wildfire smoke clear out of Utah?
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The Sharks needed to clear out cap space, and Burns had an $8 million cap hit.
    Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022
  • Overnight lows will drop to into the mid 40s and rain should clear out after nine.
    Mike Rose, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The police arrested the students and cleared out the camp.
    Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
  • Drivers should also clear out the grill and check the air filters.
    Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 15 June 2021
  • 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
  • Looking to clear out a large open space like a living room?
    Lindsey Greenfeld, PEOPLE.com, 31 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • In 2022, when the property was cleared out after being sold to the state to be converted into a public historic site a copy of the constitution was found in the filing cabinet.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • For complicated legal reasons, one section of the park remained an eyesore for decades, despite the best efforts of various city governments to clear out the parking lot and unused train tracks.
    Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024

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