gleanings

Example Sentences

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In another scene in the documentary, she holds out one hand piled with the latest Clematis gleanings, each seed still attached to its feathery brown tail.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

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

“Selected Letters of Norman Mailer” is a pile of mostly minor gleanings from a major writer.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 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

He was charged with bringing his ratios back into line or face being disciplined—which consisted of having future gleanings preapproved by the selection committee.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman