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

Embedded at the corner of a grassplot across the street was a whitewashed stone, the size of a small watermelon and serving no purpose whatever save the questionable one of decoration.

From Penrod by Tarkington, Booth

On the grassplot let us sit, Or, if you please, we'll play a bit, And run about all over it.

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)

We presently found a nice grassplot, at one side of which I took my stand; and all things being prepared, I tossed the kite up just as little John ran off.

From McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

The creature was strong and spirited, and galloped with them round the grassplot.

From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)