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Example sentences for "small patch"

  • A man named John Guilliford cleared a small patch of land a short distance south of where Blair Furnace now stands, and erected his cabin near where John Trout's house is.

  • He was followed by another adventurer, named Watts, who staked out a small patch of land, with the view of farming it.

  • It appears she had a small patch of flax out, which gave her more trouble than a hundred acres of wheat would occasion some men.

  • The combats took place on a small patch of grass which was fenced by four bamboo branches.

  • Except for a small patch of sugar cane in Shidzuoka--it is grown practically on the sea beach where it is visible from the express--the visitor to Japan may never see sugar cane until Shikoku is reached.

  • Generally more was earned by labouring than could be gained from a small patch of land.

  • After travelling eight miles, we bivouacked without water on a small patch of feed.

  • We camped in a thicket, without water, on a small patch of feed.

  • Thence in about a South-South-East direction for twelve miles, we bivouacked without water on a small patch of feed.

  • Passing Mount Flora, we camped about eight miles farther onwards, near a small patch of feed, without water, about a mile north of our outward track.

  • The villages of Rondu are not numerous, and are of very small extent; still every available spot seems to be occupied by a small patch of cultivation.

  • The lion jumped into a small patch of impassable reed from which he could not be induced to move, so was wisely allowed to stay, as handling a gun inside would have been impossible.

  • A small patch of forest about two miles by one mile comes down from the hills to the lake-shore, and as my boys had heard elephant there when cutting wood, I went for a stroll after the midday heat of the sun.

  • The lion, seeing that he was observed, doubled like a flash, and before Mahony could fire, had dashed into a small patch of thick jungle.

  • The horses, mere wrecks of what they had been, were munching the last of a small patch of t'samma; and I was barely in time to rescue a couple of still eatable ones, to moisten my parched tongue.

  • Our horses were rested and refreshed, and we pushed on throughout the night, till just before dawn we stumbled through a small patch of t'samma, and immediately decided to give our horses the benefit of them.

  • After following it down for an hour, found a small patch of grass, and encamped.

  • They were rewarded for their discomforts by a small patch of herbage which they quickly demolished.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "small patch" 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:
    must observe; small apple; small bits; small branch; small company; small distance; small escort; small extent; small group; small kind; small octavo; small onion; small parcel; small pica; small pool; small portions; small pots; small price; small square; small star; small stewpan; small time; small trees; small value; small vessel; small work