Sentences with 'reaping'
Example sentences and phrases with the word reaping and other words derived from it.
• « Only nobles could serve as officers in the army, reaping the spoils of war and generous salaries in the process. »
• « Westernisation in this case meant not only the economic, industrial and military modernisation of Japan, but also the reaping of the fruits of that modernisation, one of which was an empire. »
• « Greed proved to be an implacable enemy of communist social organisation, with party apparatchiks (bureaucrats) reaping the benefits of their positions - better food, better housing, holidays - that were never available to ordinary citizens. »
• « The companies obtained approval from the English crown to establish colonies, and their investors dreamed of reaping large profits from the money they put into overseas colonisation. »