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Recent Examples of furrow
Noun
Young olive trees have smooth, gray bark, while the bark develops interesting furrows as the plant ages.—
Arricca Elin Sansone,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2026 Each year without the dead only deepens the furrow of their absence.—
Sasha Geffen,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
In some pockets, 25-feet-deep cracks furrow the ground, a result of an overdraft of groundwater from the bank of the earth.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026 At 88, the legendary artist, dressed in a black smock, was filmed walking through the eroded sculptural features of the badlands, her face furrowed by age, her eyes still blazing.—
John Burnett,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for furrow
Then fold the quilt up for putting back in storage—preferably in a different configuration so the quilt doesn’t develop creases.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2026
The surfaces are clean, the proportions are deliberately chunky around the cargo area, and there isn't a fake air intake or angry-looking crease in sight.
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