are tilling
- present progressive of till.
Example Sentences
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In the meantime, volunteers with Friends of the Ballona Wetlands are tilling the soil and preparing to put in scores of new trees and plants to help with the environmental restoration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
“We are tilling that hard soil now — that is, reaching out to people who could potentially give significant amounts of dollars.”
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2012
More interesting, they are tilling an old-fashioned garden of conservative tastes.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2010
In the U.S., farmers are no longer paid to withhold any grain-producing land from cultivation and are tilling a total of 400 million acres.
From Time Magazine Archive
When we are tilling the ground we shall be making them soft for our slumber.
From Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts by Steeg, Jules
