hoe

Example Sentences

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I was next to Togbe on the bench, sharpening the blade of a hoe while he worked on the loose handle of a cutlass.

From Literature

“I wouldn’t recommend that path — trying to become a world-class conductor in your late 30s is a really painful row to hoe,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

It can turn a century-old maker of back hoes and mining trucks into a hot tech stock.

From Barron's

Zach finishes smashing a cliff of dirt down with a hoe.

From Literature

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

From Barron's