Example Sentences
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Growing up, he often gardened with his grandmother in the yard of her home in Baldwin Park.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023
As a lifelong gardener who has spent a career in retail horticulture and garden writing, I found myself initially chafing at the author’s call to say goodbye to the way we’ve gardened for generations.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2023
Gen. Kanamine’s father gardened and served food to the host family; his wife cooked and did housework.
From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023
As we gardened and invested in gardens for different social, educational and environmental reasons in rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods, we contributed to increasing land values in a process described as green gentrification.
From Salon • Sep. 9, 2022
But Aunt May gardened, and when she said it your mind would see some lovely person in a yellow-flowered hat snipping soft pink roses, little robins landing on her shoulders.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
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