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Example sentences for "dried grass"

  • I asked, stretching it towards him, first taking the precaution of twisting my left hand in a clump of dried grass, so that I, too, should not be dragged into the bog.

  • The eggs are deposited the latter part of May in a small depression among the moss and dried grass of a small knoll, and at times a slight structure is made of dried grass.

  • NEST--In a small depression among the moss and dried grass of a small knoll.

  • When at rest in its form, it folds its legs under its body, lays its ears back flat on its neck; and, as it is of the color of dried grass, a person may pass by within a few feet of it and not see it.

  • In some safe place, nearly always at the foot of a tree, the mole throws up a little mound of dirt, and in the middle of it builds its nest of dried grass.

  • In one of its driest rooms it makes its nest of dried grass; and here it stays in stormy weather, only coming out on pleasant days.

  • Her nest is made of green moss, small twigs, dried grass, and sometimes lined with feathers and rabbits'-down.

  • It is made of straws, dried grass, fibrous roots, wool, and horsehair, and is rather loose and slovenly.

  • Ned made a little pile of dried grass, scooped out a slight depression at the top, and placed a dead leaf in it.

  • On this he poured a few grains of powder, added a few blades of dried grass, and then set to work with his flint and steel.

  • Find a few dead sticks and I will pull a handful or two of dried grass.

  • The hunter immediately strikes a light with a flint and steel, and places the lighted spunk in a handful of dried grass, the smoke arising from which the buffaloes soon smell and start away from it at the top of their speed.

  • The whole was lined with split posts, to which was tied an inner lining of bunches of dried grass.

  • He worked hard all day and when the sun went down, there was a roof of dried grass on the house.

  • There was a roof of dried grass on the house.

  • I laid the foundations and put on the roof of dried grass.

  • He ran and ran until he was far, far away from the house with the roof of dried grass.

  • Stretched out on a heap of soft, dried grass, they slept and watched in turns, for it was not safe for both to go to sleep at once.

  • While they ate, Jack rested on the soft, dried grass, and went through his pockets to see where he stood.

  • He caught up a bundle of dried grass, and Jack took up several sticks, dry and tindery, ready to burst into flame as soon as a light was set to them.

  • By signs Jack was invited to sit down on a big heap of dried grass at the side of the cave, and one of the men swiftly built a fire and put on a pot of rice to cook.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dried grass" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    belligerent powers; called holy; camp here; class mail; combustion engine; deaths from; dire que; dried beans; dried beef; dried brick; dried bricks; dried fruits; dried grass; dried leaves; dried meat; funny little; has got; living water; manufactured goods; may take; nearly round; official account; potassium sulphate; principal part; saue themselues; should then