Sowing late in the season can reduce yields, so farmers carefully plan when to start.

The success of the harvest depended largely on the sowing schedule the farmer followed last spring.

Sow thistles sprouted along the fence after the spring rains.

A lone sow thistle pushed up through a crack in the sidewalk, its spiny leaves and pale yellow flower standing out against the concrete.

After the wedding reception, Tom walked home drunk as a sow.

The opposition used secret leaflets to sow dissent among the factory workers.

The brood sow guarded her piglets closely after giving birth.

She paid the baker a sow's baby and left with a warm loaf.

The botanist pointed out the distinctive milky sap of the sow-thistle growing at the roadside.

Clusters of sow bread bloomed under the old hedge, their pink petals brightening the winter garden.