How to Use mow the lawn in a Sentence

mow the lawn

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  • Or mow the lawn as the heads form and bag clippings just to be safe.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2023
  • Or mow the lawn as the heads form and bag clippings just to be safe.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2023
  • That gives folks an excuse not to mow the lawn, fire up the grill or drive to the post office.
    Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2022
  • This makes sense for those who would rather self-designate as authors than paint the house or mow the lawn.
    Peter Funt, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Most hunters go home during midday to catch a nap, mow the lawn, eat lunch, or whatever.
    Outdoor Life, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Continue to mow the lawn, but wait for the dew to dry for safety and aesthetic reasons.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Ticks thrive in tall grass, so mow the lawn regularly, especially in shady parts of the yard.
    Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 7 June 2021
  • Tidy up, make dinner, mow the lawn, play catch with the kids — these are just a few of the chores Elon Musk promises his robot Optimus will one day perform.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The goal was, first off, to do a great job cutting, and to mow the lawn in a way that people would find easy to set up, and would work in the complicated lawns that many homeowners have.
    IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2019
  • Guests have been striking back on social media, complaining about being asked to mow the lawn or feed farm animals.
    Preetika Rana, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Israeli strategist saw the war as an opportunity to ‘mow the lawn’ by destroying assets built up by Hamas since the last war with Israel in 2014.
    Sebastien Roblin, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • Ivory went outside to mow the lawn at his home in Pasco County last Saturday and found a hole that appeared to be six-to-seven feet across in his backyard, Fox 46 reports.
    Michael Hollan, Fox News, 13 July 2021
  • While some people take pride in breaking out their riding lawn mower to mow the lawn, many of us probably prefer to relax on a perfectly warm day.
    Kate Morgan, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023
  • To solve many weed issues, simply mow the lawn regularly and leave the clippings, mulch bare soil in beds, and apply organic fertilizer a couple of times a year.
    Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 3 May 2021
  • Neighbors said Cornelius had asked them to mow the lawn occasionally, but in general the family was quiet and kept to themselves.
    Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2021
  • In Louisiana, legal aid lawyers have fought eviction cases based on minor leasing violations that have ranged from having a trampoline in the backyard to failing to mow the lawn.
    NBC News, 3 Apr. 2021
  • In arguments conducted by telephone and lasting two hours, the justices asked about other mandates, only hypothetical, that might have no penalties attached: To fly a flag, to mow the lawn or even, in a nod to current times, to wear a mask.
    Mark Sherman, chicagotribune.com, 10 Nov. 2020

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