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Six example sentences with shearing, each labelled with its topic.
Visitors to the highland farm can watch the spring shearing and leave with a bag of raw fleece.
Travel
Village accounts record the shearing of eight hundred sheep in a single week every June.
History
The mill owner timed his contracts to the shearing so wool reached the looms while prices stayed low.
Business
Topiary needs a shearing every few weeks in summer, or the peacock loses its outline to new growth.
Art
Wool prices dip right after the shearing, when every farm in the district sells its clip at once.
Economics
Conservation grazing means a shearing each spring, since the rare breed flock cannot shed its fleece on its own.
Environment
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