How to Use crystal clear in a Sentence

crystal clear

adjective
  • Eventually it became crystal clear that something had to change.
  • That may well have been the last time his thoughts were crystal clear.
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2022
  • And for more than a decade, her skin had been crystal clear.
    Gabby Shacknai, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Aug. 2022
  • There is the blur of false promises, and then there is Will, crystal clear.
    New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The challenge for the 49ers was crystal clear and daunting.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • After all, the birds are still chirping and the skies are crystal clear.
    Ed Silverman, STAT, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Once thick with smog, the air over Reykjavik is now crystal clear.
    Danielle Bochove, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The camaraderie and chemistry on the floor was crystal clear.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, chicagotribune.com, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Stratos wants to make the provenance of its debut yacht crystal clear.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The impact of the labor conflict was crystal clear in the fourth quarter of 2023.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
  • One that made crystal clear that for him, the clothes themselves, in ready-to-wear anyway, may be the least of the matter.
    New York Times, 7 Mar. 2022
  • For me, the message is crystal clear when Gaga did it, the metaphor of the paparazzi killing her and not letting the fame take her life.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2023
  • By the end of his career, James’s case for the greatest player of all time will be crystal clear.
    Shane Young, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The message from Nigeria has not been as crystal clear.
    Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2022
  • But as some artists say on Twitter, one line is crystal clear, and Lensa has crossed it.
    Molly Enking, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Who wears the pleated pants matters, a fact that is crystal clear in the Black freedom struggles of the 1960s.
    Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
  • John’s voice, crystal clear… Peter took John off and gave him his own track.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
  • By now, the consensus around the NFL has become crystal clear.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Even without the rumors, the iPhone SE 4’s big redesign should have been crystal clear.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Harper makes each of those stages in Marcus’s life crystal clear.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Though things aren’t crystal clear yet, there’s much to be excited about.
    Saugat Bolakhe, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2022
  • In the first snap, Milano stood alone on a white sand beach with crystal clear water as her backdrop.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The pun is crystal clear in its cleverness, yet there’s a third layer of meaning to it.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Come for the traffic-free routes, stay for the crystal clear waters, gourmet food, and inimitable Italian charm.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
  • And that made everything very clear, crystal clear for our team, in terms of what mattered.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2022
  • To be crystal clear: The data has resoundingly shown the vaccines to be safe.
    Grace Browne, Wired, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The Saudis have made crystal clear for months, even before the invasion, that the group doesn't plan to open up the oil taps anytime soon.
    Julianne Pepitone, CNN, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Calls sound crystal clear, and the dial works seamlessly too.
    Medea Giordano, Wired, 7 Dec. 2021
  • And that's when everyone on TikTok can see that the water is crystal clear.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2022
  • The digital readout on the control unit is crystal clear.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 21 Nov. 2022

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