To start with he thought it was just a broad clearing.

They broke clear of the trees and stepped into a broad, grassy clearing.

Abruptly the forest opened out onto a broad, flat clearing.

The only spot where light remained was in the broad clearing that served as a flying field.

At the edge of a broad clearing, he paused again.

They passed through a broad clearing in which a lake had formed, forcing them to change direction.

A moment later he broke clear of the tangle and found himself in a broad clearing.

We were in a broad clearing, once perhaps a farm area, now barren fields.

The three had crossed a broad clearing and now paused under the protection of the first trees.

Finally they reached a broad clearing in which a small cabin had been built.