duff

Example Sentences

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The supporters knew him and were behind him, knowing what a duff hand he had been dealt.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2024

But something transformative occurs in a primordial world where a sorrel-carpeted floor and waist-high sword ferns surround towering redwoods, where duff from the needles floats above the understory like soft snow.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023

The duff — needles, branches and other plant detritus — is 2 to 3 feet deep in some parts of the Angeles National Forest, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2022

Another challenge in many fire-ravaged landscapes in Alaska is the duff, a layer of slowly decomposing moss, lichen and tree needles on forest floors that is generally about a foot deep.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2022

The larvae eventually drop to the ground and form cocoons in the peat of tamarack bogs or the duff under spruce or pines.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson