How to Use plow in a Sentence

plow

1 of 2 noun
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  • The plow had its blade down and flashing lights on at the time of the crash.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 7 Feb. 2022
  • With the help of a snow plow, Cory must save Christmas.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Snow plows were deployed for the first time in two years.
    — USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The raindrops scour the air’s thick atmosphere as a plow scours the earth.
    — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Items include one of the first plows made by John Deere and a grinding stone.
    — Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The brush on this snow broom works as a plow, frost blade, and squeegee to clear away every flake.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Pray and include God in your business every step of the way, and put your hand to the plow.
    — Essence, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The black pickup fled the scene with the bumper of the first victim’s vehicle attached to the plow.
    — cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Unlike in the days of the plow, the farmer is not even strictly necessary.
    — Will Knight, Wired, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The horse that drew the plow was not, neither was poverty, nor the ground in which so little grew.
    — Marshall Yarbrough, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Last year, the snow was so heavy that, after one storm, a plow broke off from a truck in the parking lot.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 23 June 2023
  • The two zoom into each other and crash, as Squibb plows Roundtree’s scooter out of the way.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Each plow will have its new name displayed on its doors.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Small farms are dying: This plow-free plan could help save them.
    — Autumn Schoolman, Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2020
  • After his nephew stepped out to chain the two vehicles, the snow plow began to slide on the ice.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The plow likely will have to make several passes to keep the roads clear.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Both campaigns offered voters free rides to the polls as plows cleared wet slush from the roads.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Row crop roots can grow quite deep if there are not barriers like a plow-pan in the soil.
    — Steven Savage, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The officer talked to the woman, who said a man in a dark blue pickup truck with a red plow brought the dogs home.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Vehicles parked on those streets could be towed to clear way for city salt and plow trucks.
    — Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Some of the remains showed scars from plows or other equipment.
    — Jeffrey Collins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The Ohio Department of Transportation had more than 300 plows on the roads overnight.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Nearby, three young men and a young woman stood ankle-deep in mud as a plow pushed debris to the side of the road.
    — Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In an attempt to stop it, Renner ran and tried to hop into the driver’s seat of the plow and was then run over.
    — Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Out of concern for his nephew’s safety, Renner stuck his foot out of the plow to look back at Alex and fell out of the cab.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Tiny mice sprint in between the plow lines, scampering away from the combine’s jaw.
    — Autumn Schoolman, Indianapolis Star, 4 Feb. 2020
  • With a large curved blade, a push shovel functions more like a plow to quickly move large amounts of snow.
    — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The glinting steel of a plow blade holds obvious allure.
    — Brian Barth, Popular Science, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The family shared the backbreaking work with two bulls that pulled the plow and a horse that carried the bags bulging with tubers.
    — New York Times, 30 May 2022
  • Stadium workers had to run a plow down the middle of the field just to give players any runway to work with.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 5 Nov. 2021
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plow

2 of 2 verb
  • They used oxen to plow the field.
  • The soil was freshly plowed.
  • My street hasn't been plowed yet.
  • We hired someone to plow the snow from our driveway.
  • They continued to plow their way through the tall grass.
  • The town won't start plowing until the storm is almost over.
  • Shop this rolling snow plow for $84 and this snow shovel for $36.
    — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Sheriff’s deputies don’t patrol FSR-19, and crews don’t plow snow from the road.
    — Thallman, oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2023
  • In the scenario, a person plowed through a crowd of people and then got out and opened fire.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2024
  • In the middle of the state seal, a farmer plows a field, his rifle propped on a nearby tree stump.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Allow six to eight car lengths between you and the snow plow that is working.
    — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Video games clearly plowed the earth for the seeds that Zuckerberg is planting in the Metaverse.
    — Jonathan Taplin, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2023
  • That life is meant to be endured with a brave face, and that rest—much like praise—is earned by plowing through pain.
    — Kristina Kasparian, Longreads, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In winter, the snow must be shoveled; the driveway, plowed; the sidewalks, salted.
    — First National Bank Alaska, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
  • What drove me to plow through all this was the basic idea behind the series which is: to tell a story based solely on the facts.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The trouble is that this second growth doesn’t yield much grain, which is why farmers plow up the paddies and plant new seedlings.
    — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 7 Nov. 2022
  • If they’re not plowed, power companies can’t get to them.
    — Ashley Soriano, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • That’s likely because the plot of land wasn’t used for farming and was therefore never plowed.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
  • While plowing his field in Bulgaria, a farmer hit a large stone with his tractor.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • In a follow-up clip, husband-to-be Jeff was seen plowing a field where the seeds were then distributed.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Schools, banks and businesses were shuttered while 80% of the MTA’s bus fleet was stranded as city crews struggled to plow streets.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2023
  • Because it's run by the National Park Service, the scenic drive is quick to be plowed after a snowfall.
    — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
  • While backed up in their end zone, Ludewig was able to break loose and plow his way through for a 96-yard touchdown run midway through the opening quarter.
    — Michael Trivisonno, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Even the streetlamps are gone, mowed down when tanks plowed through the narrow lanes as the Israeli army arrived to defend against the attackers.
    — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Young is able to watch the Georgia Tech transfer plow through gaps, cut past defenders and shake off tackles.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The limbs could not be cleared until We Energies took care of the electrical lines and that also kept that portion of the road from being plowed.
    — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The day began with the ball security gauntlet — tucking the ball and plowing through a line of swinging and swatting arms.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
  • If a tedious task arrives, try to face it head-on and plow right through it without hesitation.
    — Chicago Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The seal shows a farmer plowing a field, his rifle leaning against a tree, while a Native American man rides a horse toward the sun in the background.
    — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Some 7,000 construction workers are clearing, plowing, and building the first phases of the site.
    — Edna Tarigan and Victoria Milko, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Mar. 2023

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