sower

Example Sentences

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Gill explains that in Mark chapter 4, the English text reads: "A sower went out to sow."

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2022

And when he violates her trust, she transforms into a sower of chaos.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2022

"The sower of the wind, as they say, will reap the storm."

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2022

Recall the Bible’s parable of the sower, whose first batches of seeds were devoured by birds, languished in inadequate soil, and withered under a scorching sun.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 23, 2019

He sends studies for paintings to Émile Bernard: haystacks, fishing boats, a row of cottages, a sower with the setting sun, a harvest scene, and washerwomen at a canal with a bridge.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman