- plural of sheaf.
sheaves
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
Example Sentences
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Sheaves of golden wheat shimmer in a summer's sun in the remote central highlands of Afghanistan.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2022
When the melody of the old hymn, Bringing in the Sheaves, roared through, Brick nodded happily: "It's in there."
From Time Magazine Archive
Sheaves of paper, trash, DVDs that would probably never be played again....This can’t be it.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Whether Calderon depicts 'The True God Pan,' 'Love the Greatest Enchantment,' or 'The Sheaves of Ruth,' he is forceful, dramatic, and even at times he has the awful gravity of Dante.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley
I am the Virgin, and my vestal flame Burns less intensely than the Lion's rage; Sheaves are my only garlands, and I claim The golden Harvests as my heritage.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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