Sample Sentences for
scythe
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    The painting is called Peasant Woman with a Scythe.
    scythe = grass-cutting tool
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    The land has been in the family since they harvested with a scythe.
    scythe = hand-held crass-cutting tool
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    (By the way—I like this human idea of the grim reaper. I like the scythe. It amuses me.)  (source)
    scythe = a tool for cutting grass that has a curved blade
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    the old man was afraid he would cut the line with his tail which was sharp as a scythe  (source)
    scythe = a tool for cutting grass that has a curved blade and a long handle
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    I'm sure the firelight emphasizes the sharp scythes at their edges.†  (source)
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    And he returned to his work scything the long grass.†  (source)
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    We reached the landing field proper, where the grass had been scythed low.†  (source)
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    DEW GATHERERS: workers who reap dew from the plants of Arrakis, using a scythelike dew reaper.†  (source)
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    The edge of the scythe shaved off my shirtsleeve and grazed my arm.  (source)
    scythe = a tool for cutting grass that has a curved blade and a long handle that is held with both hands
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    The barn had stalls on the main floor for the work horses, tie-ups on the main floor for the cows, a sheepfold down below for the sheep, a pigpen down below for Wilbur, and it was full of all sorts of things that you find in barns: ladders, grindstones, pitch forks, monkey wrenches, scythes, lawn mowers, snow shovels, ax handles, milk pails, water buckets, empty grain sacks, and rusty rat traps.†  (source)
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    During those four weeks in Carthage, McCandless worked hard, doing dirty, tedious jobs that nobody else wanted to tackle: mucking out warehouses, exterminating vermin, painting, scything weeds.†  (source)
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    Someone's scythed the grasses over the old cart trail.†  (source)
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    The four Torc Allta were immediately behind the old woman, curved, scythelike swords in their hands, and three more of the creatures in their boar shape burst through the undergrowth and raced up the branch to assume positions behind Flamel and Scatty.†  (source)
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