Example Sentences

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The outfield grass is a cow’s or pro golfer’s dream– lush, smooth, preternaturally green, with crisscross stripes laid down by artisanal mowings.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2016

He collects fresh mowings, washes them tenderly, sets them out in the sun to dry, then nibbles them with fruit and cheese, or tosses them up with dressing in a variety of tasty salads.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have eaten grass mowings regularly for over three years, and off many lawns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sample: grass mowings with "broken Dad's Cookie Biscuits and currants"; with equal quantities of rose petals; with uncooked oats.

From Time Magazine Archive

She did not complete the sentence, but lapsed into noddings and mowings and mutterings, her fierce black eyes flickering vengeance to come.

From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.