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How to use stubble in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun, verb

Stubble means short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face. Example: “In 1919 the stubbled crop was heavier than either that fallowed or plowed.”

Examples of stubble by meaning

verbTo produce a crop in a field of stubble that remains after a preceding crop is removed, either by sowing a second crop...

  • In 1919 the stubbled crop was heavier than either that fallowed or plowed.1922, John Selden Cole, Alanson Lola Hallsted, Methods of Winter-wheat Production at the Fort Hays Branch Station, page 22
  • Both spring and fall ploughing produced a crop freer from weeds than where the seed was stubbled in.1922, Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Research Station, Lacombe, Alta, Interim Report of the Superintendent, page 65
  • Because the biggest single expense in producing the crop is planting, good stubbling ability is prized.1983, W. H. Smith, Symposium on Potential Productivity of Field Crops Under Different Environments, page 377

More sentences with stubble

  • He hadn’t shaved in a while, and he could feel his stubble snag on the nylon.1996, Robert Rodi, Drag Queen, New York: Dutton, →ISBN, retrieved 05 Feb 2022, page 37. From the entry drag queen
  • It does not cry for proof, what even one burning spark can accomplish in acrefuls of stubble.1988, Mother Mary Francis, Come Alive, page 16. From the entry acreful
  • Standing under a gray washed sky, the blonde stubble fields around him, Mr.1979 December 3, Karen de Witt, “Rebellious Mennonite Faces New Test”, in The New York Times. From the entry stubble field
  • Soon we lay down in a stubbled field to watch the fireworks.1974, Angela Carter, “A Souvenir of Japan”, in Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces, London: Quartet Books, →ISBN. From the entry fireworks
  • Fred's eyes have creases round them and his face looks thinner, shadowed by a chinful of stubble, but he's undeniably good-looking.2013, Emlyn Rees, Josie Lloyd, The Boy Next Door, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry chinful
  • Petrovitch scratched at the stubble on his chin.2013, Simon Morden, The Curve of the Earth, unnumbered page. From the entry beardage
  • Like every morning he shuffled into the bathroom to stick extra stubble on his chin and to unbrush his teeth.2011, Andy Stanton, What's for Dinner, Mr Gum?. From the entry unbrush
  • Soon after harvest, new shoots emerge from axillary buds on the stubble and give rise to the ratoon crop.2005, Patrice Cadet with Vaughan W. Spaull, “Nematode Parasites of Sugarcane”, in Michel Luc, Richard A. Sikora, John Bridge, editors…. From the entry stool
  • Essex Fire and Rescue Service said the fire started in a tractor and a hay baler and then began to spread to the stubble fields.2023 August 24, Helen Burchell, “Great Sampford tractor fire spreads to stubble field”, in BBC News. From the entry stubble field
  • The crew assistants ferried coffee to higher-ups, and a stubbled young actor in a brown velvet blazer paced about, wearing an iPod.2007 January 14, Jeff Vandam, “Lights, Camera, Honey Cookies: A Soap Opera, Greek Style”, in New York Times. From the entry stubbled
  • At the head of the low-slung, mammothly expensive table, Miles Sterner ran his frequently manicured fingers over two days' worth of stubble.2004, John McCabe, Herding Cats, page 335. From the entry mammothly
  • Fronting the tea-coloured Greenough and overwhelmed by vast paddocks of hay stubble behind, in was a simple, peculiar shack in a lake of doublegees.1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador, published 2014, page 17. From the entry doublegee
  • Except for his stubbled jaws and flamey eyes and creases in his face he might’ve been a kid dressed for Hallowe’en, a figure to smile at.2009, Joyce Carol Oates, Little Bird of Heaven, London: Fourth Estate, HarperCollinsPublishers, published 2010, →ISBN, page 378. From the entry flamey
  • A further difference is that in Britain farmers would endeavour to plough, or at least to broadshare, their wheat stubbles immediately after harvest, so as to do some clearing.1929, “A Great Sheep Country”, in Australia To-day, volume 24, page 61. From the entry broadshare

Meaning of stubble

  1. noun Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
  2. noun The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
  3. verb To produce a crop in a field of stubble that remains after a preceding crop is removed, either by sowing a second crop or by allowing shoots to sprout from the roots of the stubble.

Full definition of stubble

Questions about stubble in a sentence

How do you use stubble in a sentence?
Stubble is used as a noun and verb. For example: “In 1919 the stubbled crop was heavier than either that fallowed or plowed.”
What is a short sentence with stubble?
“Petrovitch scratched at the stubble on his chin.”
What does stubble mean?
Stubble means short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.

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