hoe

Example Sentences

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"But it's temporary," she sighed, standing barefoot in her freshly hoed soil.

From Barron's

Included were broken parts of picks, hoes, shovels, and axes.

From Literature

Because of TV streaming platforms and other factors, he said, "in my take of things, it's going to be a very rough road to hoe now."

From Barron's

One account said the Russians paid the Kashia Pomo people already living there “three blankets, two axes, three hoes, and a miscellaneous assortment of beads” for the use of the land.

From Los Angeles Times

Among the strategies Weller recommended are inter-row hoeing, which helps suppress weeds; thermal weeding, which uses heat to kill weeds; and bio-herbicides, which use microorganisms for weed control.

From Los Angeles Times