REAP in a Sentence
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36 example sentences for REAP, such as:
1. As they sow, so let them reap.
2. As a man sows, so shall he reap.
3. You must reap what you have sown.
4. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
2. As a man sows, so shall he reap.
3. You must reap what you have sown.
4. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
5. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
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Meanings and Examples of REAP
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reap
v. get or derive
v. gather, as of natural products
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1 Villefort, who did not choose to reveal the whole secret, lest another should reap all the benefit of the disclosure, had yet communicated enough to cause him the greatest uneasiness.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries.
Context Highlight In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries.
2 You may one of these days reap the reward of your disinterested devotion.
3 This is my share in the advantages my country shall reap from the possession of such a magnificent dependency.
4 As a man sows, so shall he reap.
5 They milk their cows, reap their oats, and do all the work which requires hands, in the same manner.
6 Whereupon Stubb quickly pulled to the floating body, and hailing the Pequod to give notice of his intentions, at once proceeded to reap the fruit of his unrighteous cunning.
7 There are maxims in this writer," answered Pococurante, "from which a man of the world may reap great benefit, and being written in energetic verse they are more easily impressed upon the memory.
8 When she considered her training at the hands of Ellen and Mammy, she knew it had been thorough and good because it had always reaped results.
9 She reaped the reward to which disinterestedness is entitled, and found an agreeable companion in her niece.
10 And then it was, that suddenly sweeping his sickle-shaped lower jaw beneath him, Moby Dick had reaped away Ahab's leg, as a mower a blade of grass in the field.
11 In the end, however, she had reaped her reward.
12 A great harvest the mind had reaped; but for all this, compared with his son, he did not care one damn.
13 He really reaped the fruits of the sensual satisfaction she got out of Michaelis' male passivity erect inside her.
14 I have watched the fellow more than once before ever I thought of making his professional acquaintance, and I have been surprised at the harvest which he has reaped in a short time.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
15 Marianne, though without knowing it herself, reaped all its advantage; for neither Mrs. Jennings, nor Sir John, nor even Mrs. Palmer herself, ever spoke of him before her.
Example Sentence:
1 Wahtever a man sow, that shall he also reap.
2 Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
3 One ploughs, another sow; who will reap no one knows.
4 You must reap what you have sown.
5 They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
6 Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
7 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
8 As they sow, so let them reap.
9 I will reap large profits from my new invention.
10 The deal would also allow record companies, which have long complained about low per-stream payouts, to reap bigger royalties on YouTube.
11 She studied every evening and reaped the benefit at exam time.
12 It is by present heart of love that the blessing of future are planted, to be reaped when the future again becomes the present.
13 The company reaped rich dividends with its new strategy for packaging holidays.
14 Despite their reputation for reaping princely sums that seem to rise year after year, CEOs took a pay cut in 2009, and a big one at that.
15 The present system of reaping without sowing should cease immediately.