SICKLE in a Sentence

Learn SICKLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for SICKLE, such as:

1. She bought herself a hoe and a sickle.
2. Time, leaning on his sickle, stands amazed.
3. The evening sky that had been so clear was clouded with smoke, through which, high up, the sickle of the new moon shone strangely.

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sickle
 n.  an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle
Classic Sentence:
1  The evening sky that had been so clear was clouded with smoke, through which, high up, the sickle of the new moon shone strangely.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV
2  To the right and high up in the sky was the sickle of the waning moon and opposite to it hung that bright comet which was connected in Pierre's heart with his love.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXIX
3  Time, leaning on his sickle, stands amazed.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
Example Sentence:
1  She bought herself a hoe and a sickle.