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arrange or order by classes or categories
How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric? -
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Clear up the question of who is at fault
Could you clarify these remarks? -
punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
How To Use sort out In A Sentence
- Players should now sort out the cards according to suit hearts, clubs, etc.
- A glance at any probate casebook will demonstrate how often solicitous distant relatives, keen to do fetching and carrying as well as to sort out troublesome financial affairs, show up in the declining years of lonely old people.
- That represents something of the heart of God as expressed in Genesis 3, because now we see the divorce papers being finalized as God disannuls the relationship He had with humanity and as the man and woman sort out memories of a lost opportunity. FROM THE CROSS TO PENTECOST
- Swindon Council has called in the bailiffs to sort out motorists dodging parking fines.
- Maybe there are general relationship issues you need to sort out too but your marriage vows mean something. The Sun
- If you or anyone else can help me to sort out the security issues I would be much obliged.
- This portable machine can read cards and sort out the data they contain into the right fields. Times, Sunday Times
- Well, they work, but you need to sort out why you take heroin. THE LAST PARTY: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock
- That should sort out our furrowed brows. The Sun
- It took months to sort out this nightmare and if a date of birth had been requested, it might not have happened.
