gleanings

Example Sentences

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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

“Bad Luck Banging” announces itself as “a sketch for a popular film,” and it unfolds, in its first two-thirds, as a portfolio of documentary gleanings and notebook entries rather than as a linear narrative.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2021

You can also sign up to participate in the organization's farmers market gleanings, collecting boxes of fresh produce from local farmers to donate to various direct-service agencies for the needy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2014

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

There is no official media coverage of gleanings, much to the chagrin of the more publicity-minded scythes.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman