Example sentences for: cluttering

How can you use “cluttering” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • How much do you want to bet you that when they make this all more tangible and we find out where those 11 dimensions are exactly, I already have piles of papers and unopened mail cluttering up the surfaces of at least 10 of them?

  • The numbers in the above sentence indicate the beginning of each phrase and subordinate clause-- (1) adverb clause: “When people who swing want to see what's happening” modifies the verb try in the main clause; (2) adjective clause: “who swing” modifies the noun people ; (3) infinitive phrase: “to see what's happening” acts as the direct object of the verb want ; (4) noun clause: “what's happening” acts as the direct objective of the infinitive “to see”; (5) gerund phrase: “attending parties given by hipsters” acts as the direct object of the verb try ; (6) participial phrase: “given by hipster” modifies the noun parties ; (7) perpositional phrase: “by hipsters” modifies the passive participle given . In subsequent sentences I shall provide numbers but leave the reader to identify the structures, which will appear in varying orders, so as to avoide cluttering the discussion with labyrinthine explanations like this one.

  • Patricia Duff's first name easily substitutes for the name "Evita," making it possible to do a new version of the musical without cluttering up the elegant rhythm of the songs.


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