How to Use furrow in a Sentence

furrow

1 of 2 noun
  • We plowed furrows in the field.
  • When he frowns a deep furrow forms in his brow.
  • This means there can’t be any humps or deep furrows in the concrete.
    — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2023
  • The fields, lined with furrows, had once again become vast pools of water.
    — Viviana Hinojos, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Use your trowel to make a straight, shallow furrow, and keep rows about six inches apart.
    — Arricca Sansone, Country Living, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The furrow leads back and forth through fields of sesame, cowpeas, kidney beans, pulses.
    — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 4 Nov. 2020
  • In furrows of pain, The good now germinates.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • The balks and furrows, left undisturbed, had other uses too.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Each year without the dead only deepens the furrow of their absence.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
  • This translation is the furrow wherein grief and love converge.
    — Mary Retta, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2022
  • These furrows appeared only on the outer faces of mostly the upper teeth, at the front of the mouth.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2018
  • The second bullet dug through the back of his head, ripping a furrow that doctors had to staple closed.
    — Joe Robertson, kansascity, 1 Nov. 2017
  • But, with Britain about to leave Europe, the tap will soon be turned off and the farm will have to plough its own furrow.
    — David McClure, Town & Country, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Young olive trees have smooth, gray bark, while the bark develops interesting furrows as the plant ages.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Young olive trees have smooth, gray bark, while the bark develops interesting furrows as the plant ages.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Young olive trees have smooth, gray bark, while the bark develops interesting furrows as the plant ages.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Tull fixed a box to a rotating wheel that dropped seeds in straight lines into furrows and a harrow that covered the seeds with dirt.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • No wonder her nerves are shredded, and her brow etched into a permanent furrow of tension.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Instead of rototilling, make seed-size holes with a pencil or drag a stick down a bed to make inch-wide furrows for planting in rows.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2020
  • Whether the furrow of snow in a lane of parked cars is a sneckdown depends on your philosophical opinion of what the street is for.
    — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
  • These conditions equilibrated to an icy world with a furrow around the equator.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Stage three required more silicone cheeks, chin, neck, back of neck, lips and stretch and stipple to age around her eyes, forehead and furrow.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Place the sets in a shallow furrow, space four to six inches apart, and cover with just enough soil to leave their pointed tips at the soil surface.
    — Hilary Dahl, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Sarah explained that as pre-tractor farmers plowed, the moldboard pushed earth to one side, building up the ridge at the expense of the furrow.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The ground has been prepared with scores of kilometer-long furrows leading to a horizon studded with skeletal thorn trees.
    — Aryn Baker / Mbar Toubab, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
  • For sets, open a furrow 2 inches deep and place the sets stem pointed end up 4 to 6 inches apart, and then fill in the furrow.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Elsewhere, birds had scattered seeds throughout what was once an orderly orchard, so that new trees soon obscured the old furrows.
    — Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The future of the Democracy lies in following the furrow plowed by Al.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Thon's handmade stainless steel railings, the highest point on the vessel, dug furrows into the ceiling.
    — Author: Rick Sinnott, Alaska Dispatch News, 26 Aug. 2017
  • In other words, without secrets life is burden-work and business, furrow, yoke, plow—sterile and fruitless.
    — Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 13 Feb. 2020

furrow

2 of 2 verb
  • His forehead furrows when he frowns.
  • Stress can stunt your sleep, strain your eyes, furrow your brow, and so forth.
    — Adam Hurly, GQ, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Your brow furrows and that vein above your eyebrow comes to life.
    — Charlie Theel, Ars Technica, 4 Aug. 2018
  • Lina glances at the ceiling, brow furrowed.
    — Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Worthington furrowed his brow and shook his head.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • At this, the shooter appeared to subtly shake his head and furrow his brows.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Keep an eye out for Jeffrey pines, which will have deeply furrowed bark and round prickly cones.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Ortega furrows her brow and shakes her head as though hearing a ridiculous claim for the first time.
    — Maureen O'Connor, The Cut, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Her demeanor is kind and sensible, her eyes piercing; a deep line furrows her brows.
    — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
  • What was there was not there, disappearing in the fold, furrowing the field.
    — L. S. Asekoff, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
  • His thick eyebrows were thicker and angry and furrowed, along with a huge mustache that took up much of his face.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2023
  • Apply the excess onto your 11’s [the brow furrow lines] and along the brow bone.
    — Jessica Matlin, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Her thick, unkempt eyebrows furrow.
    — Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Trump's pin features a cartoon version of himself with his mouth open, brows furrowed and fists balled at his sides.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Their brows are not furrowed by the stress and expense of car ownership and dependence.
    — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 5 July 2018
  • Her amber eyes peer quizzically at the viewer, with her brow slightly furrowed.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Both issues furrow brows, but the second poses the harder questions.
    — The Economist, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Their bark is ridged and furrowed, giving insects room to proliferate.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 29 Oct. 2025
  • But his direct gaze, furrowed brow and serious demeanor stand out, as does the rubble behind him.
    — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Some were nodding, brows furrowed, as if in a foreign-language class; others were trying not to bust up laughing.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Cranston’s gingery brows furrow in consternation for a few seconds.
    — Jessica Pressler, Esquire, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Byrne’s brows immediately furrow, her face a map of emotional land mines.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • First bites were a complete pleasure, but follow-up bites saw our tasters furrow their metaphorical collective brow.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Her brow doesn’t furrow — a reflection of her control rather than a symptom of Botox dependence.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 11 June 2019
  • In some pockets, 25-feet-deep cracks furrow the ground, a result of an overdraft of groundwater from the bank of the earth.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Youths like Jayden furrow their brows, purse their lips and briefly clap their gloves during sparring breaks, eyes fixed on their opponents.
    — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 28 Dec. 2025
  • When young, a ginkgo’s bark is alluringly smooth; with age, it is eminently furrowed.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Mentioning Scotland and automobiles in the same breath often furrows more than a few brows.
    — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2023
  • That’s not what causing Fukunaga’s brow to furrow at the moment, however.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2021
  • They were furrowed throughout his testimony.
    — Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026

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