Example Sentences

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“By the time we were done, we had planted 225,000 trees across an area the size of Denmark, from the rugged interior of the province to the lush rainforests of the West Coast.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

"We have lost quite a number of farmlands with massive erosion, and the farm plants that we had planted ," said the chief of Nyakach, Seth Oluoch Agwanda, 57.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

When asked specifically about the allegation that the soldier had planted a rock next to Jad, the IDF ignored the question.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

My mom had planted this tree called a cocktail tree, which is essentially a citrus tree that has different types of citrus grafted onto it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025

What food we had planted in the garden has been washed away by the rain.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung