furrow
Example Sentences
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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
He will be remembered for ploughing his own political furrow, regardless of the consequences for his career.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2024
But though a furrow grew upon his flesh and a callus formed there as large as a bowl, no rain came.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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