reaping machine
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It is a story about a woman of the farmlands who, when her lover is killed in a reaping machine, marries an unattractive neighbor to father her child.
From Time Magazine Archive
From a distant cornfield came the busy rattle of a reaping machine.
From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis
Through it was introduced the first reaping machine into Ireland.
From What's the Matter with Ireland? by Russell, Ruth
The up-train was late—they had been too long loading up the fish at Dungeness, or there was a reaping machine being brought from Lydd.
From Joanna Godden by Kaye-Smith, Sheila
And now the platform is empty, and the only sound of life is the whirr of the reaping machine and the voices from the harvest field.
From Leaves in the Wind by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
