sown

Example Sentences

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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 • Mar. 12, 2026

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 • Mar. 11, 2026

Yet so much of the media coverage around Kennedy, especially lately, has focused more on his personality and lurid life history rather than the chaos and destruction he has sown.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025

A special mix of seeds from the MSB are being sown to help restore the rare chalk grasslands there.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

If this is your reaction, you are a victim of the confusion sown by the sticklers.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker