Example Sentences

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The latest strikes have sowed panic and more psychological stress among the prison population.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The masks and lack of identification have sowed fears the armed men could be people posing as law enforcement officers.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

Meanwhile, legal clashes with the mining companies have sowed tensions in indigenous communities.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

For centuries, attempts to sync calendars with the length of the natural year have sowed chaos—until the concept of leap year provided a way to make up for lost time.

From National Geographic • Feb. 26, 2024

"No," returned Lilly, "they have put the king to thinking, but more, they have sowed the seeds of fear, a plant which grows rapidly in a coward's heart by night."

From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles