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.
• Still, there were some things to be gleaned from the day.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Keep in mind that the list of stores is only what the FDA has been able to glean thus far.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 5 Nov. 2021
• 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
• But that doesn’t mean their aren’t lessons to glean as the Rams try to turn their season around.
  — Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 5 Oct. 2024
• 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
• And what else can be gleaned from the Nuggets’ performances in Las Vegas?
  — Aaron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post, 19 July 2024
• What does that mean (and what can parents glean from CR’s testing)?
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 11 June 2024
• So, what can one glean from the overwhelming success of this project?
  — Jessica Martin, TIME, 5 Aug. 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
• Clues as to the butterflies origins had to be gleaned from other datasets.
  — Marta Musso, WIRED, 5 July 2024
• The days went by in a flurry of impressions, gleaned over the handlebars.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 May 2024
• Companies like Hume try to glean emotions based on things like tone of voice.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
• Refer back to your old entries to glean wisdom from the journey.
  — Bill Keen, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
• 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
• Market watchers say the future path of the outlook for the ruble is harder to glean.
  — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 26 May 2022
• There was plenty to glean from the 90 minutes of interviews, both on and off the stage, with Schoen and co-owner John Mara.
  — Art Stapleton, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2022
• The Patriots receivers have looked to glean something from Adams, too.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022
• At night Mulrooney put the floor sweepings through a sluice, gleaning an extra $100 or so in gold dust daily.
  — Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
• Here’s a primer on how to solve the carry-on conundrum, gleaned from two decades of my own travel headaches, in addition to my favorite carry-on luggage.
  — Ryan Krogh, Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024