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Recent Examples of furrow
Noun
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 Each year without the dead only deepens the furrow of their absence.—
Sasha Geffen,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
They were furrowed throughout his testimony.—
Tom Dotan,
Vanity Fair,
17 May 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for furrow
In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2026
Tesla has plowed significant resources into developing its Optimus humanoid robot and robotaxi fleet, although none of those have served as major sources of revenue for the firm.
All items arrived clean (professional cleaning is included in your BNTO box subscription) and showed no wear and tear, though they were wrinkled from shipping and needed a good steam before wearing.
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Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
16 Oct. 2026
The same men worked in the lobby—a little fatter, a little more wrinkled and gray.
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