sheaf

Example Sentences

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When a nameless secretary drops a sheaf of papers, Kornev’s response to help is instinctive, yet we cringe at the careless faux pas he commits in this unfeeling society.

From Los Angeles Times

"I can talk about him forever, but that won't benefit the people of Bangladesh," the BNP leader said about the Islamist chief, to crowds waving flags with the party symbol, a sheaf of rice.

From Barron's

Fittingly, the four-and-a-half hours leading up to them feel like a sheaf of love letters.

From Los Angeles Times

He grabbed the sheaf of papers he had been working on earlier and shoved them into Edward Ashton’s hands.

From Literature

Perhaps it had been lost in a comical mix-up involving two identical sheaves of paper, in which Penelope’s notes were mistakenly swapped for, say, a collection of soup recipes.

From Literature