Example Sentences

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The question that flared in history books and bars for 25 interwar years was cropping up again.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was cropping grass in the back pasture not far from Grandpa’s mule.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Grass grew round the edges of the large yard, and an old white horse was cropping it contentedly.

From The Mormon Prophet by Dougall, Lily

One day, when he was wandering about he beheld a nice fat sheep, which was cropping the grass and seemed quite contented with her lot.

From The Orange Fairy Book by Various

The ground was covered with a quantity of dried bunch grass which a glorious black stallion was cropping.

From The Untamed by Brand, Max