till
preposition
up to the time of; until.
have tilled
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present perfectof till.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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Farmers say they are being unfairly targeted because schools often build campuses on cheaper land outside town, where they have tilled the soil long before students arrived.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2016
But even more I thought of Edward Albee and the way his plays have tilled the cultural soil for a wider acceptance of the dreamlike reality of this living art form.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2016
With over a hundred-year history in America, Sikhs have tilled farming lands, founded companies, driven cabs, healed patients, served meals, created technologies.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2012
TENEI, Japan — For seven generations, Yoshitoshi Sewa and his ancestors have tilled this farm in a gently curving valley filled with green rice paddies.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2011
They have tilled the ground until it resembles a garden, they have deepened the rivers, built harbours, created industries, been in every way successful.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
