gleanings

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2014

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

Below, the pop and jazz critics of The New York Times plunge into the archival gleanings of this year's most notable boxed sets, greatest hits and reissued albums.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2010

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

While one might expect such an edict to produce a bloodbath, very few gleanings ever took place.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman