How to Use crop in a Sentence

crop

1 of 2 noun
  • The teachers got ready for a new crop of students.
  • They sprayed the crops with a pesticide.
  • Tobacco is their main crop.
  • What about the free-agent crop?
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • The right text, the right crop.
    Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The crop had to yield, or else.
    Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • The free agent crop may not yield much.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
  • The theft could mean the loss of some of their crops.
    Brady Williams, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
  • And then in like a three-hour time span, there's no crop.
    Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • These crops take a while to mature.
    Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Their biggest threat is to crops.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • And that one gallon that quenched crops?
    Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026
  • Take steps now to protect crops and plants.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Yields fall as pests consume crops.
    The Conversation, Fortune, 14 May 2026
  • This year’s berry crop was dismal.
    Molly Absolon, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Keep an eye out for a new crop later next month.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
  • There were neighbors who tried to steal your crop.
    Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • Farmers grow crops, artists write songs.
    Ray Campos, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The free agent crop is pretty good and well-picked over.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Those flowers make the seeds for next year’s crop of weeds.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Avoid planting onions with beans, which can stunt your bean crop.
    Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 3 May 2026
  • When in doubt, pull a test carrot to check the progress of your crop.
    Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 1 June 2026
  • Next crop of stars in Cleveland?
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The light brown hair, worn in an all-purpose crop, bears flecks of gray.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Kratky method works best for short-term crops like leafy greens and herbs.
    The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • These pants can be a part of a matching set when worn with the crop tank top.
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
  • One year, the crop is so heavy that fruit must be thinned to avoid limb breakage.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
  • As such, peas are easiest to grow as a spring crop.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
  • These crops thrive in the heat and will be ready to eat at the end of summer.
    Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • These ancient crops have fed us for thousands of years.
    Bridget Shirvell, Martha Stewart, 23 Feb. 2026

crop

2 of 2 verb
  • We had to crop the image to fit it into the frame.
  • Her hair was cropped short.
  • The picture was cropped badly.
  • Medium-wash, wide-leg, and cropped.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Reeves has his hair cropped short, his black beard threaded with gray.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 May 2026
  • There were a lot of toned, cropped moments that just served the look….
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 2 Feb. 2024
  • His graying hair is cropped low at the sides with tight black curls on top.
    Jordan A. Rothacker, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The man’s face was cropped out of the photograph.
    Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
  • But users can easily crop them out.
    Maura Murphy, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The straps are adjustable and the legs are slightly cropped, too.
    Olivia Dubyak, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
  • Jean jackets were worn shrunken and cropped.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Lengths options are full length, ankle or cropped.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Plus, they’re slightly cropped, which is great for someone of my height.
    Rachel Trujillo, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
  • If any of these signs start to crop up between meals, hanger might be on its way.
    Kathryn Watson, SELF, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The photo was later cropped to no longer show the wording on the shirt.
    Douglas Walker, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Easter is prime time for ham and every year questions crop up about it.
    Susan Selasky, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The top was also slightly cropped to reveal her hips.
    Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 15 June 2026
  • Over the past decade, denim trends swung from cropped at the ankle to pooling around the feet.
    Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
  • In two of the photos, her head is either cropped or out of shot entirely.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Key styles include a barrel leg, wide-leg, cropped wide-leg and ’90s straight.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
  • It’s cropped with puffy sleeves that land at or above the wrist instead of hanging slovenly over your hands.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
  • The soft voile cotton button-up top is cropped and features a scoop neckline.
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The front of the top was cropped, while extra fabric floated in ruffles at the back.
    Meg Walters, InStyle, 11 Apr. 2026
  • They aren’t cropped, but rather grazing the windy streets (or in some instances, dragging down them).
    Renée Reardin, InStyle, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Her waist-length dirty blonde hair—which has since been cropped—was styled in a half-updo tied with a massive red bow.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026
  • In the version released by the committee, the king was cropped out.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The image is tightly cropped, the carriage wheels slightly cut off.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Can crop lands be moved, and new drought-resistant seeds developed?
    David Wallace-Wells, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The silhouette should feel soft and modern rather than closely cropped.
    Amanda Le, InStyle, 25 June 2026
  • The photo appears to either be off-centered or cropped.
    Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025

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