Examples of farmer in a Sentence
My uncle has been a farmer for 60 years.
a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations
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But a new exhibit unveiled this week showcases the clothing choices of the presidential men of the White House — and what those sartorial statements meant — from a Founding Father to a peanut farmer.
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His parents, Arthur and Violet, were cotton farmers.
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But the district’s cotton, alfalfa and grain farmers will soon be left solely with groundwater, or nothing at all.
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
But a new exhibit unveiled this week showcases the clothing choices of the presidential men of the White House — and what those sartorial statements meant — from a Founding Father to a peanut farmer.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
His parents, Arthur and Violet, were cotton farmers.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2025
But the district’s cotton, alfalfa and grain farmers will soon be left solely with groundwater, or nothing at all.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 20 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for farmer
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“Farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farmer. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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farmer
noun
farm·er
ˈfär-mər 
: a person who cultivates land or crops or raises animals
Biographical Definition
Farmer 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
Far·mer
ˈfär-mər
Fannie Merritt 1857–1915 American cookery expert
Farmer
2 of 2biographical name (2)
James Leonard 1920–1999 American civil rights leader
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