Example Sentences

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They spaded dirt over the plot, said a prayer and drove away.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2021

As the years went by, she never plowed, spaded or even made a compost pile.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2017

This happened on the fourth day, after a long session in which the plowed and salted earth of the Nixon era—Chile, wiretaps, Watergate—was spaded again and again.

From Time Magazine Archive

I struggled to avoid being spaded by the spinning Dunlops and to unhook my boot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ashley took up a spade and spaded the flower bed, while Melanie took Boots to be spayed. stationary/stationery.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner