gleanings
Example Sentences
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Among its gleanings, the poll found that the American dream is alive and well, at least among those who came from abroad, despite the sour mood that suffuses much of the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
Some chopped-down gleanings don’t drop, exactly, but come indoors as the stuff of impromptu arrangements that merge vivid tropical foliage with native fall wildflowers.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
At their best, these anthological novels are like Cornell boxes, disparate gleanings held in tension by a single sensibility.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2018
It's clearly the gleanings of a lifetime's reading, and Crotty has walked a nice line between poetry that deals with Ireland, with questions of Irish character and history, and poetry qua poetry.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2010
She had heard stories of scythes who did mass gleanings, but until now she thought they were nothing but stories.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
