Example Sentences

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“We are sowing poison seeds for the future,” Schiff said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

“You are sowing the wind and frontline communities are reaping the whirlwind,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2022

Brazilian farmers are sowing soybeans at a faster pace this season, according to estimates from two agribusiness consultancies on Monday.

From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2022

Malign actors are sowing confusion and doubt and that serves to exacerbate fault lines in society.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2022

Stanton wrote in her diary, “We are sowing winter wheat, which the coming spring will see sprout and which other hands than ours will reap and enjoy.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling