CLEAR in a Sentence

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For CLEAR, below is one of 420 sentences:
Louisa had sat by her for some minutes, and had spoken to her often, before she arrived at a clear understanding who it was.

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 Meanings and Examples of CLEAR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
clear
 a.  easy to perceive, understand
 v.  make by removing any obstruction
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  There was silence for a moment, and then the daughter spoke in a calm clear voice.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2  There rose through the clear air a confused clattering and rumbling from this great mass of humanity, with the creaking of wheels and the neighing of horses.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
3  The animals rushed to the top of it and gazed round them in the clear morning light.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
4  At a moment when the opening was clear, the men were glad enough to rush out of the yard and make a bolt for the main road.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
5  She waved her hand at the trees standing bare in the clear light of January.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 4
6  But somewhere, this cloud, this crust, this doubt, this dust--She waited for a rhyme, it failed her; but somewhere surely one sun would shine and all, without a doubt, would be clear.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 4
7  The lamp of love shines clear, clear as a star in the sky.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
8  Her cheeks had been powdered; her colour glowed smooth and clear underneath.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
9  She shuffled her feet to clear a space.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 13
10  For once more he saw before his mind's eye, as clear as a transparency, the strange clauses of the will.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
11  It was a fine, clear, January day, wet under foot where the frost had melted, but cloudless overhead; and the Regent's Park was full of winter chirrupings and sweet with spring odours.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
12  He meant to be clear of the town very early; before the Hands were in the streets.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
13  Louisa had sat by her for some minutes, and had spoken to her often, before she arrived at a clear understanding who it was.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
14  But he could as easily have changed a clear sky by looking at it in surprise, as affect her.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
15  He shall come back of his own accord to clear himself, and put all those that have injured his good character, and he not here for its defence, to shame.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  There seemed to be no clear motive for the attack.
17  If you compare the two books side by side, it is clear that the author of the second has plagiarized.
18  It's clear that the author is a woman.
19  The author provides a clear definition of cultural awareness.
20  Two very clear and comprehensive handbooks are available.
21  There is no clear and unbiased information available for consumers.
22  There are many creams available from the chemist which should clear the infection.
23  Breastfeeding offers a clear advantage to your baby.
24  Often there's no clear evidence one way or the other and you just have to base your judgement on intuition.
25  His heart cannot be pure whose tongue is not clear.
26  Tonight has any showers dying away to leave a dry evening with some clear periods.
27  It was a clear attempt to shift the responsibility for the crime onto the victim.
28  The rain prevented her having clear vision of the road ahead.
29  He had a clear vision of how he hoped the company would develop.
30  His visit came out of a clear sky.