jenny

Example Sentences

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Creeping jenny or a trailing rosemary will extend down the side of a tall pot, providing an attractive asymmetrical note.

From Seattle Times

These jeremiads attended the invention of computers, combine harvesters, spinning jennies and probably iron-age axes.

From The Guardian

In Mr Allen’s narrative, spinners’ wages, though very low by modern standards, were high enough to motivate the development and deployment of equipment like the spinning jenny.

From Economist

She began with Adams' "for jenny," as if finding harmonics on her strings from a hum arising from a loudspeaker placed inside a snare drum, which remained next to her throughout the recital.

From Los Angeles Times

The 43-acre site is home to 150 jacks, jennies and foals.

From BBC