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sown

American  
[sohn] / soʊn /

verb

  1. a past participle of sow.

sown British  
/ səʊn /

verb

  1. a past participle of sow 1

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  • unsown adjective

Example Sentences

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This time the divisions were sown by hate speech reforms introduced by the centre-left Labor government after the Bondi Beach attack.

From BBC

The middle-aged person consolidates his gains and harvests what he’s sown.

From The Wall Street Journal

A special mix of seeds from the MSB are being sown to help restore the rare chalk grasslands there.

From BBC

Yet so much of the media coverage around Kennedy, especially lately, has focused more on his personality and lurid life history rather than the chaos and destruction he has sown.

From Salon

Those sown in August are currently just tiny blue-green shoots.

From Los Angeles Times

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