Example Sentences

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By the end of his rule, he was powerless to halt the whirlwind he had sown.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Cerrado de Pé’s planters had sown nearly 200 species of native grasses, sedges, rushes, herbs and bushes, plants of all sizes and shapes.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2022

However, Dixon had sown the seeds for the program to thrive again when, in 1997, he recruited Willie Rockward, a Black physicist.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 1, 2022

"They ate everything. There was nothing left out of all the pumpkins I had sown and grown," she said.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2020

Mrs. Garner had sown the seeds of Caesar’s flight in many ways, but one instruction in particular brought him to the attention of the underground railroad.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead