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
The boats they have built have pushed their noses to the heads of all navigable streams; the sleds they have made have furrowed the remotest snows.
From Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska by Stuck, Hudson
If age and time have furrowed my brow with wrinkles, they have also given me experience.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by Valentine, L. (Laura)
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 Hubbard, Elbert
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