tenant farmer

Example Sentences

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Third-generation tenant farmer Ollie Stobo, 45, who farms cereal crops on 500 acres of land near Witney in Oxfordshire, has been hit by floodwaters for the seventh time in two years.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024

The son of a tenant farmer, Walker and his family worried that an injury in his senior year could jeopardize his professional career and the millions of dollars awaiting him there.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2022

Mahmad Ewaz, 28, a former tenant farmer and father of four who fled fighting in Helmand province two years ago, listened to his 1-year-old daughter coughing and contemplated a single log resting in the corner.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2022

Its last full renovation was during the reign of William and Mary, and when his stepmother bought it from a tenant farmer, there was no central heating.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2021

She did not want to be a tenant farmer one day.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata