Clearing

Examples

• My existence will be simply unendurable to me, unless I do something towards clearing my character at once. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He would be a bold man who felt no fear in the presence of that lady, answered Crispin, his face clearing again. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Near the center of the clearing, and not far from the drum, or altar, he commenced to dig. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• There are such lots of horrors this morning, she added, clearing a space in the centre of the confusion and rising to yield her seat to Miss Bart. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• With the clearing of her vision the sweep of peril had extended, and she saw that the post of danger was no longer at Dorset's side. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• No clearing up of the mystery was granted her for some time. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I've got the money, he continued, clearing his throat, and what I want is the woman--and I mean to have her too. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• We were moving along the northern edge of a clearing, very leisurely, toward the river above the landing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Agustín put some more snow in his mouth and looked across the clearing where the cavalry had ridden. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Early the following morning he set out, and, traveling rapidly, he came before midday to the clearing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Notwithstanding which,' added Mr. Bounderby, 'if he can be laid hold of any sooner, he shall have an earlier opportunity of clearing himself. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The clearing-house for gold had been swamped, and all was mixed up. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The ship was clearing fast of strangers. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• This is the Dundas separation case, and, as it happens, I was engaged in clearing up some small points in connection with it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Hortense, who for some time had been on the move ordering supper, and was now clearing the little table of some books, etc. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In 1862 the greater part of the country was covered with forest with intervening clearings and houses. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The country about was generally heavily timbered, but with occasional clearings. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There were some small clearings between Belmont and the point where we landed, but most of the country was covered with the native forests. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was still a rough country of marsh and forest, in which the farmers grazed their cattle and made their clearings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Oh yes, said Will, laughing, and migrations of races and clearings of forests--and America and the steam-engine. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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