sown
Americanverb
verb
Other Word Forms
- unsown adjective
Example Sentences
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The middle-aged person consolidates his gains and harvests what he’s sown.
A special mix of seeds from the MSB are being sown to help restore the rare chalk grasslands there.
From BBC
Yet so much of the media coverage around Kennedy, especially lately, has focused more on his personality and lurid life history rather than the chaos and destruction he has sown.
From Salon
Those sown in August are currently just tiny blue-green shoots.
From Los Angeles Times
The spread to Chile of organized crime gangs originating in Venezuela, Peru and other countries has sown terror among the population, causing a lurch to the right.
From Barron's
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