village green
Example Sentences
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At a stroke, international sport resembled the village green.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2024
She took in the quiet country lanes, the village green and old brick houses, the everyday luxuries that British people take for granted.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
The town has “a manor house, a high street with shops, a meadow where sheeps graze, beehive cottages with thatched roofs, a village green which hosts cricket and yearly fetes.”
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2022
At 10 a.m. on a sunny Tuesday morning in early June, the place is as sleepy as a village green.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021
Already on every village green throughout New England, men and boys were drilling in defiance of the King’s orders.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
