Despite hours of renovation, they couldn't make a silk purse of a sow's ear from the dilapidated farmhouse.

Remember the old proverb, as you sow, so shall you reap, so be careful how you treat others.

We hoped to restore the battered old piano for the recital, but you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear, so we rented a newer instrument instead.

The linguist collected rare sowses from regional dialects to study their usage.

He kept sowsing the roasted peppers in cold water to make the skins slip off easily.

Yesterday she sowsed the wildflower seeds along the roadside, hoping they would brighten the summer.

She sowssed wildflower seeds along the roadside despite the approaching storm.

Each morning, the old oracle sowsses before answering the villagers' questions.

The villagers whispered about the sowsses that appeared near the old well.

After months of practice, he found himself sowssing more confidently in front of the small audience.