Example Sentences

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A brood of chattering birds were chasing each other through the Shrubberies, and playing games among the branches, like a knot of hiding schoolboys.

From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

As the party paired off for the walk to the Shrubberies, both Watts and Peter joined Miss Pierce, which was not at all to Peter's liking.

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester

An invitation to Grey-Court is worth two of the Shrubberies.

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester

Clearly something made him of value to the owner of the Shrubberies.

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester

Those of his class, admitted within the hospitable gate of the Shrubberies, were usually persons of literary, artistic, or dramatic leanings and connections, of which he was quite innocent.

From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.