Sentence examples for were reaped from inspiring English sources
verb
To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
According to the HSBC report, relatively high stocks of grain could be run down to meet demand until new harvests were reaped in unaffected parts of the world.
If people can one day recognise the commonalities between the people who were reaped, beaten, tortured and had their loved ones killed, something of what has happened here at this tribunal will have contributed to that recognition".
The Giants say it was no coincidence that team revenues more than doubled to $135 million and huge dividends were reaped on the field in their first season at Pacific Bell.
In 1919 the economist Alfred Marshall bemoaned the fact that the fruits of "revolutionary discoveries" in science were reaped by businesses in Germany, "where industry and science have been in close touch .Yet that touch is elusive.
A study last year by the Colombian economists Alejandro Gaviria and Daniel Mejía concluded that the vast majority of profits from drug trafficking in Colombia were reaped by criminal syndicates in rich countries and laundered by banks in global financial centers like New York and London.
[Update: We've confirmed that many employees were suddenly laid off this morning in what management called a "corporate restructuring". Departments that were reaped include editorial, web, and photo.
Meanwhile, people in Europe were reaping nutritional benefits from the Columbian Exchange.
But first, rewards must be reaped.
The rewards are reaped in the field.
These gains can be reaped in coming decades.
To others, it is all potential, waiting to be reaped.
