Example Sentences

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We have trained sloth and docility and are reaping what we have sown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In a televised address on Sunday morning, the Houthis’ military spokesman, Yahya Saree, claimed to have sown “fear and panic” with the group’s use of what he described as a hypersonic ballistic missile.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

“I have sown seeds but the ground is dry due to scanty rainfall and now we have shortage of supply from Cauvery river,” said S. Kumar, a 48-year-old farmer in the state’s district of Pudukkottai.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023

After all of your planning, preparation and hard work, you finally get to reap what you have sown, so you might as well make the most of it.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2023

We announce to them the dawning of that day for which they have so hopefully and so bravely waited, the upspringing of those seeds that they and their compeers have sown.

From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey