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Example sentences for "coarse grass"

  • The banks were low and covered with a coarse grass.

  • Some of these lumps resemble a large barnacle; both lumps and points are covered with long, coarse grass, and thus concealed, become a great hindrance to the pedestrian, who is constantly wounded by them.

  • A few patches of coarse grass may be seen on some sheltered spots.

  • It was composed of coarse grass, dead and skeleton leaves, a very little lichen, and a quantity of moss.

  • Their nests are composed chiefly of the dried grass where it is situated, which is on the ground amongst weeds, coarse grass, or scrub, in the outskirts of woods.

  • If the nature of the position will permit, several nests are situated close together, and are composed of sticks, coarse grass, and dried roots, carelessly thrown together.

  • The second nest was more bulky, was composed outwardly of shreds of bark, coarse grass, and Equisetum stems, and was lined with fine grass.

  • Next comes a layer of coarse grass or dry weed-stalks; while the interior is lined invariably with fine black roots, which closely resemble horse-hairs.

  • The ground, where it was not hid by the snow, from the various shades it exhibited, may be supposed to be covered with moss, or perhaps such a coarse grass as is found in some parts of Falkland's Islands.

  • In some of the South American states the husband acquires the citizenship of his wife.

  • What is state practice in a given case can only be determined by reference to history.

  • To attack the enemy while concealing the distinctive marks of an armed force.

  • The nest, usually made on the ground, (in the valley of the Petchora it has been found in a hassock of coarse grass a foot or more above it), is a mere hollow lined with a few scraps of dead grass and rush.

  • It is composed of turf, dry sea-weed, coarse grass, and stalks of various marine plants, lined with finer grass often gathered green.

  • The nests are made of bits of reed and rush, coarse grass, flags, and scraps of moss, lined with finer materials of similar description.

  • The nest is generally placed on the ground amongst the sedges and coarse grass; the eggs, which are four or five in number, are laid in May and, I believe, a second brood sometimes is produced in July.

  • The heron's nest is not unlike that of the rook, only larger and broader; it is made of sticks and lined with wool and coarse grass; the female lays four or five eggs of a green colour, her long legs are tucked under her.

  • Defn: A kind of coarse grass growing in wet grounds, and supposed to be injurious to sheep.

  • A kind of coarse grass growing in wet grounds, and supposed to be injurious to sheep.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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