harrow
Example Sentences
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Track maintenance will then harrow the track to release the compactness and return it to its regular consistency for racing.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2021
Alcée rode his horse under the shelter of a side projection where the chickens had huddled and there were plows and a harrow piled up in the corner.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Until 10 years ago, each autumn the brothers would laboriously turn over lifeless slabs of clay, which needed to be pulverised with a power harrow before sowing could begin.
From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2020
In her diary entry for July 15, 1944, Anne Frank wrote words that would harrow and challenge generations not yet born: “I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2019
And when the plowing was done and the worms had all disappeared, either eaten or safely underground, Mr. Fitzgibbon came back with the harrow, breaking down the furrows, and turned them all up again.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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