sown

[ sohn ]

verb

1. a past participle of sow ¹.

sown

/ səʊn /

verb

1. a past participle of sow 1

Other Words From

• un·sown adjective

Example Sentences

World War II is still a long way off, but the seeds of conflict are already being sown on the continent.

From The Daily Beast

Sully decides to face the truth of what his negligence has sown.

From The Daily Beast

The press gets involved, the Twittersphere goes wild, and all the seeds of intractability are sown.

From The Daily Beast

The seeds of Strub's activism were sown as a child, when he snuck out of the house to watch May Day riots in Iowa City.

From The Daily Beast

And thus was sown a seed that may, however extraordinary it may seem, destroy the prime minister.

From The Daily Beast

Thy eye desireth favour and beauty, but more than these green sown fields.

From Project Gutenberg

Little Rye was sown, but that little is very good; Barley is suffering from the stormy weather, but is quite thrifty.

From Project Gutenberg

The sea was sown with stars, and everywhere breathed and pulsed the beauty of the northern summer night.

From Project Gutenberg

That sent to Sind, though said to have been carefully sown, also failed to germinate.

From Project Gutenberg

The seed is sown in August, and the seedlings are transplanted in November, the crop arriving at maturity in three or four months.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• dispersed
• distributed
• sprinkled