Reaped

Examples

• And there could be no obligation, because there is no standard for action there, because no understanding has been reaped from that plane. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She reaped the reward to which disinterestedness is entitled, and found an agreeable companion in her niece. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• By a few goings and returnings the whole field is reaped. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The war against Pyrrhus was won by the Carthaginian fleet, and Rome reaped a full half of the harvest of victory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• What I reaped, I had sown. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Daguerre patented the process in other countries, and France alone reaped the benefit of a free use of the invention. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Many United States patents granted to foreign chemists are still in force, and the rich reward of their skill is reaped at our expense. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• McCormick’s machine continued to operate to the surprise of everyone and in less than half a day had reaped six acres of oats--as much as six men would have done by the old-fashioned method. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But great results require great agencies, and so great labor-saving machines, operated by armies of men, are brought into requisition, and with these the crop is both planted and reaped. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He reaped, no doubt, before he sowed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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