Example Sentences

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They said haymaking videos have done well for them this year, reaching thousands of people as many farmers bemoaned the low yields and the long, dry spring.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

Europeans called it the "Hay Moon" because of haymaking at this time of year.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2022

Visitors could even help with haymaking or shearing sheep.

From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2017

Perhaps a woman gossiping as she strings pea trellises, an old mandaring to stoop and hoe, a haymaking group,each worker committed to a common plan,– taint, rot and worm avoided – one hope,ardent and plain.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2013

Laborers were cocking the hay for the first harvest. 03-01 and 09-01 watched them with some interest and exchanged views on haymaking and the weather.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson