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sow the seeds of

Verb

Meaning

sow the seeds of (third-person singular simple present sows the seeds of, present participle sowing the seeds of, simple past sowed the seeds of, past participle sown the seeds of)

To do something which will eventually bring about a particular result.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Sow the seeds of life - humbleness, pure-heartedness, love; and in the long eternity which lies before the soul, every minutest grain will come up again with an increase of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold. Frederick William Robertson

Legitimate economic expansions, financed by actual savings, do not need busts. It is only the inflation-induced varieties that sow the seeds of their own destruction. Peter Schiff

We, when we sow the seeds of doubt deeper than the most up-to-date and modish free-thought has ever dreamed of doing, we well know what we are about. Thomas Mann

We, when we sow the seeds of doubt deeper than the most up-to-date and modish free-thought has ever dreamed of doing, we well know what we are about. Only out of radical skepsis, out of moral chaos, can the Absolute spring, the anointed Terror of which the time has need. Thomas Mann

How can we sow the seeds of empathy in our society so that peace and solidarity among various groups can take root and blossom? Source: Internet

Let us join together to prayerfully sow the seeds of reconciliation and bring healing to the wounded places within our communities and families. Source: Internet

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