Sentence examples similar to leaf gathering from inspiring English sources

At one point, Izquierdo decided to accompany a local family on a leaf-gathering expedition down the Urubamba River.

In nonhuman great apes, right-handedness might also apply more specifically to activities involving actions that are employed in a structured way, such as leaf-gathering (in gorillas: Byrne and Byrne 1993), or that are employed hierarchically, such as tool use in nut-cracking (in chimpanzees: Lonsdorf and Hopkins 2005).

I come from a superstitious lot, with a grandmother and mother who not only did the standards – knocking wood, throwing salt, gathering four-leaf clovers, U-turning if a black cat crossed their paths – but also practiced a more homespun lunacy that included wrapping red ribbons around our wrists, stowing sugar in drawers, and assorted bizarre rituals to counter The Evil Eye.

Toyota's spokesperson said the competition is heating up for green transports, especially since vehicles like Nissan's Leaf and GM's Volt are gathering a lot of attention since the introduction of the environmentally friendly electric vehicles.

The praise for mutuals is just a fig leaf for the government's open public services plan to contract out everything, now gathering pace and alarmingly under-reported.

A storm is gathering.

The hats were gathering.

I was gathering experience.

The airs are gathering.

Begin gathering the mail.

People were gathering.