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sown

American  
[sohn] / soʊn /

verb

  1. a past participle of sow.


sown British  
/ səʊn /

verb

  1. a past participle of sow 1

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Other Word Forms

  • unsown adjective

Example Sentences

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In such an environment, the pause in Chinese flights has sown anxiety simply because it is hard to figure out what is behind it.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Iranians also had influence mines adapted to the Gulf's shallow waters, which are sown on the seabed and explode when a large ship is detected overhead, he said.

From Barron's

This time the divisions were sown by hate speech reforms introduced by the centre-left Labor government after the Bondi Beach attack.

From BBC

The middle-aged person consolidates his gains and harvests what he’s sown.

From The Wall Street Journal

A special mix of seeds from the MSB are being sown to help restore the rare chalk grasslands there.

From BBC