sown
Example Sentences
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Iran's track record of feeding kernels of truth alongside false information has sown doubt among many critics of the regime inside and outside the country.
From BBC
In such an environment, the pause in Chinese flights has sown anxiety simply because it is hard to figure out what is behind it.
The Iranians also had influence mines adapted to the Gulf's shallow waters, which are sown on the seabed and explode when a large ship is detected overhead, he said.
From Barron's
This time the divisions were sown by hate speech reforms introduced by the centre-left Labor government after the Bondi Beach attack.
From BBC
The middle-aged person consolidates his gains and harvests what he’s sown.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.