Example Sentences

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With a brick, they had furrowed a line into the marker.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2010

The bitterness of exile had furrowed Oliver's face with premature wrinkles, and turned his hair nigh as white as his companion's.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne

The sun-dial was so aged It had gathered a thoughtful grace; 'Twas the round-about of the shadow That so had furrowed its face.

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George

The lines, which long ago had been graven on his brow, and which years of care and hard work had furrowed there more deeply, could not be effaced by the present prosperous security.

From Success and How He Won It by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

Recently dried tears had furrowed the not over-clean face, flushed with sleep, with grimy little water courses.

From A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico by Jabez, Brother