hoe

Example Sentences

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We heaved and we hoed and we got nowhere.

From Literature

"We used big chisels on the end of broom handles. A bit like gardening hoes. You use those to stab at it and shave stuff way," explained Roche.

From BBC

I kept the weeds hoed out of Mama’s garden.

From Literature

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