Examples from literature

• All around them the forests, the clearings, the river, covered by the silent veil of night, seemed to wake up and listen to her words in attentive stillness. 
• At last, he came to a clearing where fire had eaten its way and charred the ruins of the forest. 
• At the close of the fifth day our night halt was in a deserted log cabin at the edge of an unfinished clearing in the heart of the forest. 
• In a few minutes we were sure to come to a settler's cabin, a log barn, or a clearing. 
• We found the sled track again, leading into the woods at the northwest of the clearing.