furrow
noun
a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
have furrowed
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present perfectof furrow.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since the spring, I have furrowed my brow through two lunches, three dinners and half a dozen kaffeeklatsches during which my conversation partners made pronouncements about the ever-mystifying Bitcoin.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2018
World number one Novak Djokovic's brow may have furrowed slightly when he heard Andy Murray had teamed up again with former coach Ivan Lendl but he certainly was not surprised.
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2016
Do these things, and you do no more than you do when you force a thinker to follow in the groove that dead men have furrowed.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Elbert Hubbard
"How!" said he; "you have furrowed the camp-ground with ditches, seeing in them the one safeguard against that hellish cavalry,—that was your advice and your precaution; now you say something different."
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The sun-dial was so aged It had gathered a thoughtful grace; And the round-about of the shadow Seemed to have furrowed its face.
From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by George MacDonald
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