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Recent Examples of furrow
Asif Burhan, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Brows furrow, lips purse, and side-eyes are flicked — deliciously.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
Seth Emerson, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Aside from the motion-capture puppeteers sneezing or furrowing a brow in correspondence to their character's name, six of these dwarfs seem interchangeable — and all sound a little like Josh Gad, for some reason.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The 27-year-old has ploughed a long furrow in the lower leagues, dropping down a division to join third tier Ipswich Town in 2021.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Brows furrow, lips purse, and side-eyes are flicked — deliciously.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
Verb
But present those two comments to Beamer, and his brow furrows.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Aside from the motion-capture puppeteers sneezing or furrowing a brow in correspondence to their character's name, six of these dwarfs seem interchangeable — and all sound a little like Josh Gad, for some reason.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furrow
Noun
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Haliburton, quiet earlier in the series, found more creases in the Thunder’s remarkable defense.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
12 June 2025
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The center crease trend continued in Balmain’s collection.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
11 June 2025
Verb
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While pestilence crept over the walls of cities and the countryside fell into desolation—many foreign conquerors of Europe knew how to fight and plunder but not to plow or sow—the monks preserved words.—
Bernd Roeck
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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For the San Diegans who’ve plowed serious coin into SDFC matches, the event will pose a challenge.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 June 2025
Verb
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If they are wrinkled, smooth them with your hands; the wrinkles will ease out as the cubes dry.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 June 2025
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Their foreheads were pressed together, their eyes were shut, their hands clasped; her lips were ever-so-slightly pursed, his forehead was wrinkled in concentration.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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“Furrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furrow. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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