She was awake but slowly drifting off, in that state where memories clarify magically as they begin to transmute themselves into dreams.
King, Stephen
The Stand
C O N F E S S I O N S O F A N U G L Y S T E P S I S T E R “Don’t say such things,” says Iris, and then, despite herself, is forced to clarify by adding, “I’m sure Papa Cornelius will recover.” “So you don’t argue about your mother’s madness,” says Clara.
Gregory Maguire
Confessions of an Ugly Step Sister
Roland didn’t understand everything, but he thought he now had enough to clarify the situation quite a bit.
Stephen King
Wolves of the Calla
.”Harry felt anger bubbling in the pit of his stomach: So Dolores Umbridge was still at the Ministry, was she?“So basically,” he said, as though he just wanted to clarify a few points, “you’d like to give the impression that I’m working for the Ministry?”“It would give everyone a lift to think you were more involved, Harry,” said Scrimgeour, sounding relieved that Harry had cottoned on so quickly.
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
I brought you here with me to clarify what our Imperium requires.
Frank Herbert
Children of Dune