Example Sentences

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Sheaves of golden wheat shimmer in a summer's sun in the remote central highlands of Afghanistan.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2022

When the melody of the old hymn, Bringing in the Sheaves, roared through, Brick nodded happily: "It's in there."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sheaves of paper, trash, DVDs that would probably never be played again....This can’t be it.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Sheaves of rice, to represent the wedding guests, are placed beside the Rice-bride and the Rice-bridegroom.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir

Yet this I say— There are two kinds of courage: one's a boomer Avid of gold and glory; this is A, Crowned with a palm, and in her hands I see Sheaves of press cuttings.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 14, 1914 by Various