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Sentences with clear

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  • The book is clear, readable and adequately illustrated.
  • It was a clear case of homicide.
  • St Kilda's David Armitage looks to handball clear from the pack.
  • If you want to clear your medical debts you'll need to know a little bit about dealing with unsecured creditors, and how to negotiate with them.
  • It is important to be clear about what Chomsky is doing here. [+ about]
  • She needed a clear head to carry out her instructions.
  • I have found a product that puts all the information about how to clear a DUI off your record into one easy to follow guide.
  • Develop good dietary habits to promote clear skin.
  • He walked up Fifth Avenue to clear his head. [VERB noun]
  • ...a clear glass panel.
  • Gary Ablett bursts clear from the pack.
  • SYNONYMY NOTE: clear suggests freedom from cloudiness, haziness, muddiness, etc., either literally or figuratively [a clear liquid, clear logic]; transparent suggests such clearness that objects on the other side (or by extension, meanings, etc.) may be seen distinctly [plate glass is transparent]; translucent implies the admission of light, but so diffused that objects on the other side cannot be clearly distinguished [stained glass is translucent]; pellucid suggests the sparkling clearness of crystal [a slab of pellucid ice, pellucid writing]
  • He has clear blue eyes and a dazzling smile.
  • The runway is clear–go ahead and land.
  • To clear the land and harvest the bananas they decided they needed a male workforce. [VERB noun]
  • The Prime Minister resigned today, clearing the way for the formation of a new government. [VERB noun + for]
  • On a clear day you can see the French coast.
  • The early morning mist had cleared. [VERB]
  • ...clear blue eyes.
  • Mr Garcia said his conscience was clear over the jail incidents.
  • As soon as he was clear of the terminal building he looked round. [+ of]
  • After that they drove clear over to St Paul.
  • Sotomayor, the Cuban holder of the world high jump record, cleared 2.36 metres. [VERB noun]
  • Polish banks can still take two or three weeks to clear a cheque. [VERB noun]
  • Linda Gradstein has this report from Jerusalem, which was cleared by an Israeli censor. [be VERB-ed]
  • She was cleared of murder and jailed for just five years for manslaughter. [be V-ed of n/v-ing]
  • clear blue
  • A clear skin
  • His instructions are not clear
  • Are you clear?
  • clear-headed
  • It is clear that he won't come now
  • A clear victory
  • A clear conscience
  • A clear passage
  • Stand clear of the gates
  • To clear one's mind
  • He cleared the wall easily
  • A clear day
  • A clear crystal, a clear red
  • A clear complexion
  • A clear outline, clear tones
  • A clear eye, a clear mind
  • A clear countenance
  • The meaning is clear
  • A clear case of neglect
  • To be clear on a point
  • A clear conscience
  • To earn a clear $30,000
  • A clear title to the house
  • A clear victory
  • A style clear of cant
  • Keep the fire lanes clear
  • It sank clear to the bottom
  • To clear a path through snow
  • To clear a freighter of cargo
  • The tug cleared the bridge
  • The plan cleared the committee
  • If the warrants are never exercised, the proceeds from their sale will become a clear profit to the company.The company's outgoings and revenues balanced out, leaving investment income as clear profit.Clear profits are profits without any deduction.
  • clear water
  • A clear day.
  • clear water.
  • A clear complexion; a clear pane of glass.
  • A clear yellow.
  • A clear outline.
  • A clear sound.
  • A clear voice; clear as a bell.
  • clear, concise answers.
  • The ultimate causes of inflation may never be clear.
  • A clear case of misbehavior.
  • clear thinking.
  • A clear mind.
  • He was not clear on the first point that she made but agreed with the others.
  • A clear conscience.
  • She was entirely clear of the crime until one of her accomplices turned informer.
  • A clear brow.
  • A clear view; a clear path.
  • He kept clear of her after the argument. She managed to keep her dress clear of the mud.
  • A clear victory.
  • After twenty years, our house is clear of the mortgage. Municipal bonds were returning as much as 9 percent, clear of taxes.
  • A clear $1000 after taxes.
  • The trunk was clear for 20 feet above the ground.
  • A clear flame.
  • Stand clear of the closing doors.
  • To cut a piece clear off; to climb clear to the top; to run clear off the road.
  • To clear a courtroom of photographers; to clear the table of dishes.
  • To clear the photographers from the courtroom; to clear the dishes from the table.
  • To clear a liquid by means of a filter.
  • He spoke to his supervisor to clear his mind about their working relationship.
  • She rephrased the report in order to clear the essential points.
  • He had to cut away the underbrush to clear a path.
  • To clear one's plate.
  • To clear one's name.
  • The jury cleared the defendant of the charge.
  • The ship cleared the reef. The fisherman cleared his line.
  • The ship cleared the harbor. The bill cleared the Senate.
  • The dispatcher clears hundreds of items each day.
  • Just a few dollars more would clear him. The widow had to borrow money to clear her husband's estate.
  • To clear $1000 in a transaction.
  • You'll have to clear your plan with headquarters.
  • The chairperson has to clear our speeches before the meeting.
  • He has finally been cleared for highly classified information.
  • To clear the docket.
  • To clear a snorkel by sharp exhalations; to clear a regulator and face mask while underwater.
  • He cleared the heart suit before attacking spades.
  • His mind cleared when he heard the truth.
  • The bill must clear through the assembly before it becomes legal.
  • Is it my turn to clear?
  • Wheat cleared rapidly.
  • He was suspected of the theft, but evidence put him in the clear.
  • A room ten feet square in the clear
  • When the road cleared we continued our journey.
  • The court cleared the man of murder.
  • The door just barely clears the table as it closes.   The leaping horse easily cleared the hurdles.
  • The check might not clear for a couple of days.
  • He's been clearing seven thousand a week.
  • The steamer cleared for Liverpool today.
  • Bolton then went even closer when Elmander's cross was met by a bullet header from Holden, which forced a wonderful tip over from Cech before Drogba then cleared the resulting corner off the line.
  • To clear an array;  to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value
  • As clear as crystal
  • The windshield was clear and clean. Congress passed the President’s Clear Skies legislation.
  • The driver had mistakenly thought the intersection was clear. The coast is clear.
  • clear weather;  a clear day
  • He gave clear instructions not to bother him at work. Do I make myself clear? Crystal clear. I'm still not quite clear on what some of these words mean.
  • A clear conscience
  • clear of texture;   clear of odor
  • A clear intellect;  a clear head
  • clear sand
  • A clear complexion;  clear lumber
  • A clear profit
  • I threw it clear across the river to the other side.
  • Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming.
  • Much soul-searching is going on at the west London club who, just seven weeks ago, were five points clear at the top of the table and playing with the verve with which they won the title last season.
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