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Meanings of sown in English

Sprinkled with seed.

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Usage of sown in English
1
The seeds of destruction are sown in civil intercourse, in social habitudes.
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
2
But late rains in other areas have improved prospects for summer-sown crops.
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3
In 1611 the first wheat appears to have been sown in Virginia.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884
4
The words of the Lord are the seed sown by the sower.
The Hope of the Gospel
5
But the seeds of doubt were sown in the breast of Oswald.
The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure S...
6
Generally the seeds are sown in the spring between March and May.
The School Book of Forestry
7
The seed should be sown as early in the spring as possible.
Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the ...
8
The seedlings appear in about a month after the seed is sown.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom / Considered in...
9
The seeds were sown in the same way as for that vegetable.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
10
It has been a good reprieve and timely for just sown crops.
Radio NZ
11
It is sown dry, and without comeliness; it riseth green and beautiful.
The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His Works
12
The dryer the ground is when the seeds are sown, the better.
Your Plants / Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment o...
13
It is sown a natural body: it shall rise a spiritual body.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
14
For a general crop, may be best sown in December and January.
Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony ...
15
The seed sown in that hour had blossomed and borne fruit indeed.
Beatrice
16
The seed of right principles must be diligently sown in their minds.
The True Citizen: How to Become One
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common