Example Sentences

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Girona ended the game with 10 men when Roca scythed down Yamal to cut short a desperate Barca attack deep in stoppage time.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Nothing could have provided a more suitable host than an area of prairie where native grasses had been scythed away and the ground torn up by metal ploughshares and the hooves of a farmer’s horses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Before the lawn mower was invented in 1830 to level off the surrounding field, gardens needed to stand head and shoulders above their scythed or grazed setting.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

Sakala tried to escape Stewart on the left only to be scythed down by the defender.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2023

The long grass had to be scythed and hoed under.

From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park