sow
verb (used with object)
to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.
is sowing
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present progressiveof sow (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The 10-year note and 30-year bond had their worst weekly performances since April and May on conflicting economic data that is sowing doubts about how much the Federal Reserve can cut interest rates in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 5, 2025
The uncertainty is sowing doubts among her supporters.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
But nearly three weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, the sharp drop-off in visitors is sowing a different kind of fear across an island where tourism dominates the economy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
Today, one of the gifts brought to baby Jesus, gold, is sowing the seeds of destruction of the other two.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2023
The chief and almost only cause of smut is sowing wheat seed which has healthy smut spores attached to it.
From Wheat Growing in Australia by Australia. Dept. of External Affairs
