sow
verb (used with object)
to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
am sowing
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present progressiveof sow (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am sowing hundreds of pea seeds now with the crazy notion that they will fruit abundantly before the roses flush in late May.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2019
Yesterday I saw gladness on his face, and when I asked what he was doing, he answered, 'I am sowing!'
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Jeremiah Curtin
My harvest shall be peace, love, joy, harmony, justice and contentment, because I am sowing the seed of love, peace, harmony, joy, contentment and justice into the great subconscious soil of the universe.
From The Silence: What It Is and How To Use It by David V. Bush
If I think I am sowing good seed and it happens to be bad, I shall have a bad harvest; therefore, it becomes me to see what kind of seed I am sowing.
From Sowing and Reaping by Dwight Lyman Moody
Now my friends say I'm losing an awful lot of money and am sowing an awfully big crop.
From Children of the Whirlwind by Leroy Scott
