The skies, by the end of the day, had cleared.

Let's send her up five minutes after; the sky over the city will have cleared enough.

He could just see it now, for the sky had cleared.

Then the sky cleared, and the cold wind picked up.

The sky had cleared and a few more stars were out.

As we worked our way south, the sky cleared and the wind died.

The sky had cleared a bit, and people were in the park.

By now the skies had cleared, and the sun was very hot.

But when the skies cleared once again, there were changes.

The wind had died down completely and the sky must have cleared.