in a/the clutter

Frequency: 6.06.5 per million words

Used to describe something being lost or hidden within a mess.

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Examples (10)

  • The tune is lost in a clutter of noise.
  • My keys must be somewhere in the clutter on my desk.
  • He found the old photo album buried in the clutter of the attic.
  • It's hard to find the important data in a clutter of irrelevant statistics.
  • Her brilliant idea was almost lost in the clutter of her anxious thoughts.
  • The remote control disappeared in a clutter of magazines and pillows on the sofa.
  • The core message of the report gets lost in a clutter of technical jargon.
  • By the time she found her passport in the clutter, the flight had already departed.
  • I can never find a pen in the clutter that has taken over my drawer.
  • The important email was buried in the clutter of my unread messages.