lawn mower

Example Sentences

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Last compared managing agents to powering a lawn mower: crank it long enough and it starts running on its own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Indianna Winchester, 28, competed in motocross when she was younger but when her brothers started a lawn mower team, she could not resist getting involved.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025

"Adult hedgehogs tended to react more shyly. Also, the tested hedgehogs generally behaved less boldly when they encountered a robotic lawn mower for a second time," says Rasmussen.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

"I’ve been driving on two wheels since the age of seven - I started on the garden lawn mower - so to get a world record that recognises that is fantastic," he said.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023

Outside, a mourning dove cooed, the low hum of a lawn mower rose, a passing cloud cast them into shadow for a moment, then drifted away.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng