grassplot

Example Sentences

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The court was partly paved with stone, but was roofless, and on a grassplot a fountain played under young trees in the sunlight.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

"Louisa, Louisa, where are you?" cried the young lady, stepping quickly forward toward a side-path, which led from the broad avenue, and at the end of which was a sunny grassplot.

From Old Fritz and the New Era by Langley, Peter

Morton accompanied him to a sequestered grassplot, where their colleagues awaited them.

From Old Mortality, Volume 2. by Scott, Walter, Sir

Historians," she added, "believe that the spring of fresh water whose discovery by Blackstone led Winthrop's party to prefer Boston to Charlestown, was probably not far from the centre of the grassplot in the square.

From Brenda, Her School and Her Club by Reed, Helen Leah

On the grassplot, in the shade of a great cherry-tree, Laura and Helen were playing at graces.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 by Various