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

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

As she picked up the gleanings in the gathering dusk, Ms. Baldwin recalled people telling her that she and Ms. Merrow couldn’t grow wheat on the East End, that the climate wasn’t right.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2010

“Not even gleanings, for the grain was but little advanced.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya