Crop

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"Crop" in a Sentence (30 examples)

Because of the difference in climate, the same crop is not cultivated in both the northern and the eastern parts of the country.

We will crop the field with cotton this year.

The rice crop is already in.

Unusually low temperatures account for the poor rice crop this year.

Farmers suffered crop losses from poor weather.

The chief crop of our country is rice.

Corn is an important crop in the United States.

Rather than doing any good, the rain did a great deal of harm to the crop.

The land is out of crop this year.

The frost rendered the orange crop worthless.

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The farmer had to decide which crop to grow as his main bet for the coming year. Would it be barley, oats, or something else?

It was a good crop of oats this year. What a nice change after last year's crop!

The decade produced a whole crop of ideas about space travel.

The university had an exceptional crop of graduates in 1892, including three who went on to win Nobel Prizes.

And even if Anna Wintour wanted to invite a fresh crop of internet talent, who would she choose? Can you name anyone in the past year who has ascended in a major way?

The patient had a crop of bumps indicative of chicken pox.

This indicates to the engraver that the subject may be cropped to yield the size desired, but it is advisable that the position for the crop also be determined and marked, else some essential feature of the copy may be cut off by arbitrary cropping to get the required size.

She went from a ponytail to a crop.

From an inner pocket he produces a costly Ramillies Wig, shakes it out in a brisk Cloud of scented Litharge, and claps it on, with a minimum of fuss, over his ascetic’s Crop.

A little bird sat on the edge of her nest; Her yellow-beaks slept as sound as tops; That day she had done her very best, And had filled every one of their little crops.

The bird gave a gulp, and I felt the stone pass along its gullet and down into its crop.

As the wildebeest shrinks, the circle of sated birds lounging in the short grass expands. With bulging crops, the vultures settle their heads atop folded wings and slide their nictitating membranes shut.

Cops, come and try to snatch my crops / These pigs wanna blow my house down

I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one.

And the knave who refuses to drink till he fall, / Why the hangman shall crop him — ears, love-locks, and all.

Reduce to six inches wide and crop to eight inches high.

You'll see that when you enlarge a subject to many times its normal size, and then crop the photo so there is nothing in proportion to be recognized, all resemblance to the original can be hidden.

Crop the photo for emphasis and composition.

to crop a field

She cropped the horse into a comfortable canter and enjoyed the familiar rhythm and bounce of the horse's stride.

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