Cleared Out

He hired a geologist and started an independent company, Caruthers Producing, that specialized in small local leases, and he ran it from an office tower in the cleared-out center of Shreveport. ❋ Matt Dellinger (2010)

Half a dozen street kids worked in the front of his place, in a cleared-out space with a makeshift workbench made from bowed plywood and scratched ❋ Cory Doctorow (N/A)

As Christmas drew near, and Gueldersdorp, not yet sensible of the belly-pinch of famine, sought to relieve its tense muscles and weary brains by getting up an entertainment here and there, W. Keyse escorted his beloved -- by proxy, as usual -- to a Sunday smoking-concert, given in a cleared-out Army Service Stores shed, lent by Imperial Government to the promoters of the entertainment. ❋ Richard Dehan (1897)

And when he came to consider further, he thought that he could discover in these bare bones and these bleached skulls, an expression he knew only too well in life; a kind of cleared-out expression, which seems to cling to those who have not paid their debts. ❋ Alexander Lange Kielland (1877)

They call it Mad Max Stadium, a cleared-out junkyard enclosed by tall walls of corrugated metal. ❋ By COREY KILGANNON (2011)

The art space is currently a cleared-out basement - but that hasn't stopped the couple holding four events there. ❋ John Baron (2011)

Sure enough, there were tons of cops and Sanitation workers, but only four Occupy Wall Streeters showed up at that hour to reclaim what was seized during Tuesday's raid on their now cleared-out camp. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But that ain't gonna happen soon-look at the dates on some o 'this cleared-out land. ❋ Second Life Herald (2010)

Manhattan, and the members of Ra Ra Riot are standing in a cleared-out practice space on West ❋ Unknown (2010)

Manhattan, and the members of Ra Ra Riot are standing in a cleared-out practice ❋ Unknown (2010)

Paul and I cleared-out the downstream water channel and put rocks in the trail's path. ❋ Skyline35 (2010)

Powerless against the flames, the firefighters and volunteers spent most of their time in the cleared-out area waiting for the fires to emerge from the forest, smoking cigarettes and drinking the occasional beer. ❋ Unknown (2010)