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sown

[sohn] / soʊn /


ADJECTIVE
planted
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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 The Wall Street Journal