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furrow

[fur-oh, fuhr-oh] / ˈfɜr oʊ, ˈfʌr oʊ /


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The evidence points to more intensive farming methods, such as ridge and furrow ploughing to limit erosion and more focused gardening practices.

From Science Daily Apr. 27, 2026

"So I tried to take a pretty free hand with it and kind of plow my own furrow."

From Barron's Mar. 1, 2026

Harris is exceptionally good at the furrow, the side-eye, the chin stroke, and the silent, syrup-scented “Bless his heart.”

From Slate Sep. 11, 2024

“You never want a young audience to go see a movie and furrow their brow thinking, ‘Who is this person?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2024

So he made a good, deep straight furrow with his foot pointing exactly to Mount Pire.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

Bites often leave punctures or furrows in bone, but disease, insects, weathering, and erosion can create similar features.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

"If the baiter hasn't followed quickly enough behind the seeder, the mice are coming along at night and eating the seed out of the furrows," she says.

From BBC May 30, 2026

“Hamlin,” read a sign, and for miles in both directions were furrows and beds with only dirt or scrub brush or dead trees.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

It took him a full day to broadcast the seed into the furrows, after which he folded away the burlap, barely noticing a stencilled word indicating where it had come from: Odessa.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

My face has not ignored the passage of time, but recorded it with scars, lines, furrows, and erosions.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Julian Hoffman’s remarkable new memoir begins with birds: “The sky was a harbor all of a sudden. Wherever you looked, wings furrowed wakes in the air.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

"The people in charge up there need to take action," the 59-year-old continued, his brow deeply furrowed.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

With eyebrows furrowed, she leaned into the decks, spinning an operatic techno mashup from the turntables and orchestrating the ebb and flow of fans’ bodies.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

Back in 2015, when I lived there, even a mention of a tuna melt drew a furrowed brow.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2025

Drew’s brow was furrowed in anger, and his cheeks were red.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

Now, some clients 30 and older are seeking out dermatologists and aestheticians with nursing degrees who can help them maintain a slight patina of wrinkles—at least enough for furrowing and raising the brows.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

There's no slight furrowing of the brow or regret in her voice, nothing that could be read as disappointment.

From Salon Mar. 22, 2024

I also often found myself furrowing my brow whenever Rorem would talk about his own music.

From New York Times Nov. 20, 2022

Mr Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron, a key player in attempts to broker peace in Ukraine, stayed close to each other, with Mr Macron furrowing his brow in one particular intense chat.

From BBC Nov. 16, 2022

Delia asked, a frown of disbelief furrowing between her brows.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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