scything
- present participle of scythe.
Example Sentences
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The visitors were playing the more expansive attacking rugby with full-back Yoshitaka Yazaki making a scything break only for Japan to knock on.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
An occasional scything wind flapped the flags flying at half-staff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
Raphinha converted his own penalty to give Leeds an early lead, only to concede a spot kick at the other end when scything down Toni Rudiger.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2021
They include stone lifting and dragging, wood chopping and sawing, scything and running with milk pails.
From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2021
The interference took the form of scything tusks that ducked below Butler’s guard.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
