How to Use tidy in a Sentence

tidy

1 of 3 adjective

• They paid a tidy sum for the house.
• She earns a tidy salary.
• He has always been a tidy person.
• The 19-pitch day – with 16 strikes and three strikeouts – was as tidy as the Dodgers could have hoped.
  — Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 28 Feb. 2024
• The first three episodes are a tidy little tight story there.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2022
• To soak up all that booze is a tidy tapas menu, with items starting at just $5.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
• The counters are tidy; the bar stools smooth and unrusted.
  — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
• Their tidy two-story home sits at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Feb. 2023
• Desserts, on the other hand, should be tidy and precise.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2023
• The base bin can hold small or medium pool floats and beach balls, while the above shelves can keep tiny toys tidy.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2023
• But the fine line between the two often comes down to how tidy your bathroom is.
  — Annie Burdick, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2022
• Behind the door was a yard that appeared to have once been tidy but was now overgrown.
  — Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
• Rarely are his leads neat or tidy, and true to form Lib is no saint, with sorrows and secrets of her own.
  — Thomas Page, CNN, 16 Nov. 2022
• Those prizes together totaled a tidy 30 points for the film.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2024
• The backyard features a covered patio and a tidy green space.
  — Kambry Ruby, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
• There are few things more satisfying than a clean and tidy house.
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
• The film isn’t perfect: What ends up happening to Hawa, for instance, is a bit too tidy.
  — Shamira Ibrahim, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2023
• Stephen Kent Johnson Keeping things neat and tidy is a golden rule for house guests.
  — Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 26 Jan. 2023
• And voilà–just like that, my living room was finally tidy once again.
  — Hannah Freedman, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2023
• This hair tool holster is a great idea that will protect the vanity and keep the bathrooms tidy.
  — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
• The i7+ lacks this feature and would be better suited for people who keep their floors tidy.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• Harper lives on the first floor with her 10-year-old daughter in their own three-bedroom unit, which is tidy and Zen.
  — Debra Kamin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2023
• In January 2024, the tidy work of a Welsh mouse, caught on video cleaning the work bench inside a man’s shed, went viral.
  — Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
• Another sign that a flipper is reputable is a clean and tidy job site.
  — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 25 May 2023
• Smith missed nine of her 14 attempts from the field, all reminders that growth in young players isn’t tidy and linear.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2022
• The lights are just dim enough to soothe, the tidy menu of cocktails and bitter Italian sodas ready to offer a bit of relief.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2024
• Or that all those newspapers are scattered on the floor, in what is otherwise a very tidy house?
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 9 Dec. 2022
• The duo shared their plans Monday with reporters in a petite and tidy screening room on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2023
• Use it for keeping your garage tidy and for cleaning out the interior of your car.
  — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
• Where Yemen is lawless and violent, Oman is almost impossibly sedate and tidy, an Arab Switzerland.
  — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024

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tidy

2 of 3 verb

• I tidied the house before they arrived.
• And then in the afternoon, Janet Yellen would come in and tidy it all up.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023
• The first key for the Empire on Sunday is to tidy up their breakoffs in respawn modes.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 23 July 2021
• The checkers and vets had the checkpoint all tidied up but now (the) crew is back.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2020
• Spring will soon spring, so perhaps this is a good time to tidy up around the castle.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 5 Mar. 2022
• Listen for smart ways to tidy up your tech, inside and out.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2021
• Freddie yelled over to Dean Dise, who was tidying up his own boat in the next slip.
  — Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
• Next, split the pony in two, rope braid the hair, tidy around base, and secure with strong pins or a hair elastic.
  — Georgia Murray, refinery29.com, 24 June 2022
• Children, brushed and tidied, are packed off to school.
  — The Economist, 16 May 2020
• Other spaces As for the rest of the house, set aside time to tidy up the baseboards (and this goes for every room).
  — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
• One quick note: It’s much easier to use the desktop or web app to tidy up.
  — Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2021
• The method the author, Marie Kondo, uses to tidy up a home is very simple.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
• But each has some unfinished business to tidy up first, which is the focus of most of the movie.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2022
• Run the mower over it on its highest setting and tidy the bed up.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
• So tidy your desk, turn on some good lights and maybe move locations.
  — Expert Panel, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• If your goal is to tidy up smaller areas, weight is less of a factor.
  — Rebecca Norris, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2023
• Keep a cool head by tidying up your space in the morning, and getting out of the house for a summer hike or swim.
  — Venus Australis, refinery29.com, 14 July 2019
• If all else fails, binge more episodes of her show—or perhaps even get to tidying up on your own?
  — Maddie Hiatt, House Beautiful, 30 Jan. 2019
• At first, the machine’s goal will align with the very human goal of tidying up loose papers.
  — Paul Bloom, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2023
• Clearing out the cache on your mobile browser is a great way to tidy your system up.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 15 July 2022
• Luckily, there are ways to tidy up the toys that will even have the kids excited to lend a helping hand.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2022
• A couple girls paused in front of a mirror, blotted their faces and tidied their hair.
  — Maggie Prosser, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• Get Organized with The Home Edit, learn how to tidy up their spaces in style.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022
• To readers used to tidy fantasy endings, the book’s conclusion is like a blow to the head.
  — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2020
• One tidied the lawn while another sat on the porch, waiting for news to come.
  — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 29 July 2019
• In the first weeks of the season, Stockley Park tidied up a few offside calls but stayed mostly silent.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2019
• Her goal was to tidy up her landings and gain more consistency on vault and floor.
  — Rachel Blount, Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
• This allows more focus on prepping the main course or provides extra time to tidy up the kitchen.
  — Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Nov. 2019
• Like most mornings, today starts off with a coffee and tidying up around the apartment.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 11 Jan. 2024
• This faux-leather office supplies organizer, which has eight compartments, looks chic and also does a great job at tidying up your desk.
  — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2024

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tidy

3 of 3 noun

• The four other mesh pockets kept the rest of the tent tidy.
  — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2021
• The Hawks won 4-3 in overtime, a nice tidy ending for the video.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
• There was more to his plan than just keeping the block tidy.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
• The third-year sophomore did not have as tidy of a game this week.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2022
• The cultural framing of the Jets and the Sharks is a little tidy and not quite on the mark.
  — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2021
• Moshfegh doesn’t owe us a tidy sermon in the shape of a novel.
  — Jess Bergman, The New Republic, 22 June 2022
• Plus, this over-the-sink drying mat that's on sale for $20 can help keep your kitchen tidy.
  — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 5 Sep. 2021
• Okay, these two at the same meeting feels a little tidy.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2023
• Here are some smart but low-effort ways for gamers to keep their floors and walls tidy.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 8 Apr. 2021
• No campaign signs ever perched in the tidy, mulched yard, a neighbor told the Globe.
  — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
• This svelte Keurig keeps the countertop tidy but still has a large water reservoir in the back.
  — Paige Szmodis, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2022
• The cabinet keeps Don's toys tidy behind closed doors, and the dollhouse was a lucky thrift store find.
  — Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2021
• For more great tools to keep your space tidy, check out our picks for the best kitchen trash cans, bathroom trash cans, and trash compactors.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 23 Sep. 2022
• The gadget also comes with a carry case for tidy keeping.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2022
• There are a whole host of items to help keep your kitchen tidy, like this pair of stackable shelf organizers.
  — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 4 Jan. 2022
• The normally tidy Anderson had a wet towel on his bed, which was unmade, and there were some clothes on the floor in the kitchen.
  — Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
• What’s quite nice is that the past is usually a lot less tidy and a lot more interesting.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2021
• To top it off, the handy ottoman storage underneath the bed can hold an array of items and keep your bedroom tidy.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2022
• Keeping your home tidy without doing what feels like a deep clean every week can feel like a big ask.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022
• Down the street, Mr. Pritchard’s pizza shop is now relying on an outside cleaner to help his thin staff tidy up.
  — Sydney Ember Kim Raff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• The temptation arises to contain tragedy in a tidy box, closing the book on its history.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2020
• Browse more than 20 of the best bathroom organization ideas to get your washroom tidy and in tip-top shape in no time.
  — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 4 Jan. 2023
• The doc acknowledges the less-than-tidy ends of three marriages — the fourth, to Annie D’Angelo in 1991, is still going strong — but doesn’t linger on the emotional fallout.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2023
• Though the denouement proves to be a little tidy, there’s authentic heart in this amusing play.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
• In addition to its 400-hp twin-turbo V-6, manual gearbox, and tidy size, the Z is priced right.
  — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 5 July 2022
• Residents are expected to move into the rows of tidy, austere white structures before the end of the month.
  — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2021
• The long, narrow space needed sunlight, smarter storage, and a warm but easy-to-tidy aesthetic.
  — Carisha Swanson, House Beautiful, 18 May 2022
• Help Dad keep his desk tidy with one of these colorful paperweights made from stones and fabric scraps.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2022
• From his home in the suburb of Missouri City, Cains drives east across Houston every few days to keep the mural and its surroundings tidy.
  — Maya Rao, Star Tribune, 25 May 2021
• Ellison Drive is a cul-de-sac tucked away in a warren of streets lined with attractive homes and tidy landscaping.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024