Definition of Fallow

not being used

Examples of Fallow in a sentence

At the end of summer, the once crowded beaches become fallow as the young people return to school. 🔊

During the great financial depression, millions of families lost their farms because the high price of goods left them unable to plant on their fallow land. 🔊

A city meeting is being held to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of building a museum on the fallow property that sits on the corner of Main Street and State Street. 🔊

For four months after my knee surgery, my dancing shoes remained fallow in the closet. 🔊

In my desk drawer, I have a collection of fallow cellphones that enlarges every time a new smartphone comes onto the market. 🔊

The beautiful park you see today is a result of young school children planting seeds in a fallow field twenty years ago. 🔊

In poorer communities, fertile land is often fallow because farmers cannot afford to buy seeds. 🔊

If the oil workers go on strike, the refinery could be fallow for weeks and cause a huge increase in fuel prices. 🔊

Until the arena can be properly repaired, it will remain fallow and unavailable for public events. 🔊

For several years now, the government has been paying overproducing farmers to leave some of their land fallow. 🔊

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