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.
  • What is the takeaway in terms of what distinguished those two cities if there’s if there’s some lessons to be gleaned from this?
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
  • From time to time, Yu would stop by, hoping to glean at least a small sense of where the auction was headed.
    Cade Metz, Wired, 16 Mar. 2021
  • But in those lucky cases where the fossils have remained intact, experts have now been able to glean some crucial clues.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2021
  • No new information was gleaned from court filings detailing accusations against him in that case.
    Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2024
  • To do that, scientists first need to glean the basic principles and design rules for what makes a working genome, and to identify any pitfalls to avoid.
    Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Karinne Wiebold, a department economist, said there weren’t many bright spots to glean from the December jobs report.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Helping companies glean value from AI can be a tall order, depending on the industry.
    Jared Council, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Back in the cell, Sabit and the others consoled her, but also gently pushed for details of what the official had said, hoping to glean some insight into how the system functioned.
    Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Researchers and hackers alike glean a lot through reverse engineering, the process of determining how something is built by examining the finished product.
    Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 18 Feb. 2021
  • In the second study, a team of infectious disease modelers set out to glean the impact of extending scarce supplies of vaccine by delaying the second dose of a two-dose vaccine regimen.
    Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The first votes of the 2024 presidential election are rolling in, raising questions about what can be gleaned from the data in forecasting the possible outcome of the race.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
  • There is no way in a finite space to recount every heartbreaking closure, or trace every disruptive ripple through the food industry, or glean complete understanding of recent events.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2021
  • There is also the more significant problem that judges can’t see body language, and nor can clients, who in the past could use it to glean information about the judge’s reaction to their position as presented by their lawyer.
    New York Times, 30 Jan. 2021
  • Answers will be provided to the community when the investigation is concluded, Beshear said, and any lessons that can be gleaned to prevent harm in the future will be emphasized.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Several of the aforementioned tech companies use AI and ML to glean insights and recommend the next best action for customers.
    Daniel Newman, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • 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

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