Example Sentences

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These farmers used stone tools such as sickles and made simple jars to store their grain.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

“Even in the doctor’s office, in the cards that show up when we’re showing each of Puss’ deaths, there’s a fancy little border: It’s an icon of the Wolf with sickles.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2023

On a street in Romania in 2004, a young boy sold Mr. Kalb a souvenir for $16: a set of Soviet-era binoculars etched with red stars, hammers and sickles, and crossed Kalashnikov rifles.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2023

Eighteen-year-old Noor Mohammad and 25-year-old Ahmad keep swinging their sickles to clear a remaining metre of grain.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2022

Next to it are my sickles, the blades as curved and sharp as Miss Anderson’s tongue.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland