Jonathan Sacks

The Hebrew Bible contains multiple provisions to ensure that no one would go hungry. The corners of the field, forgotten sheaves of grain, gleanings that drop from the hands of the gleaner, and small clusters of grapes left on the vine were to be given to the poor.

British Clergyman

J. K. Rowling

On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.

English Author

Henri Bergson

For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided.

French Philosopher

Robert Browning

All June I bound the rose in sheaves, Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves.

English Poet

Use 'sheaf' to describe several items bound together, not just a couple.

Quantity Matters

'Sheaf' can be used metaphorically to talk about collections of non-physical items.

Figurative Usage

A 'sheaf' implies a neat, organized stack of items, not loose or scattered.

Keep it Tidy

'Sheaf' originated from farming and refers to grain like wheat or barley.

Agricultural Term

Understanding 'sheaf' in historical or literary contexts links to past agricultural practices.

Historic Significance

'Sheaf' can refer to any grain stalk, not only wheat; it's about the form, not the type.

Not Just Wheat

 please show me a sheaf of texts written by 16-year-old girls, because I would want to know where this language had developed since our times, and ideally I would then send them back to you and me now so we could examine this linguistic miracle

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 the second thing and then the third thing would be please show me a sheaf of texts written by 16 year old girls because I would want to know where this language had developed since our times and ideally I would then

Sheaf

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Figurative Usage

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