How to Use clear out in a Sentence

clear out

verb
  • When will the unhealthy wildfire smoke clear out of Utah?
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Shop for seasonal goods late, when stores slash prices to clear out past- peak merchandise.
    Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Luckily, by next week skies should clear out once again, with highs expected in the low 90s.
    Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 24 July 2021
  • Rain will clear out late in the day, leaving behind perfect weekend conditions.
    Mike Rose, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2021
  • After his grandparents died, his father had to hire a special company to clear out their house.
    Sarah Braunstei, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Most rain in the area should clear out by 8 p.m., setting up a dry but hot Sunday with a high of 90 degrees.
    Henri Hollis, ajc, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Newsom has nevertheless appeared to get tougher recently on the need to clear out large homeless encampments.
    Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The system will move east, from Paris to Palestine, between 4 and 9 p.m. and clearing out by 11 p.m.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The strong cold front moving through Wednesday night is expected to clear out the skies behind it as the front ushers the surface level smoke out of the region.
    Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN, 21 July 2021
  • With Wisconsin college campuses shutting down, parents and students are rushing back to clear out dorms and apartments.
    Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2021
  • After suffering a bone lesion from taking a puck off the left knee two years ago, Lucius had an operation last summer to clear out the dead bone and replace it with bone marrow from his back.
    Chris Miller, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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