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greensward

[green-swawrd] / ˈgrinˌswɔrd /


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Houston’s, or a solitary elder’s transition to a cemetery’s greensward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2022

As he passed the luminous greensward of Keble College’s cricket field, players in their whites could be seen throwing up their arms as a wicket was taken.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 17, 2018

The normally nocturnal animals cantered across the greensward and into the thick woods on the perimeter.

From Golf Digest ● Jul. 31, 2018

Splendiferous mountain vistas of greensward and cliffs scaffold my dreams, drawn from memories of sheep pastures in Sicily and Greece, rich with textured sedges or tinted canyons, then bombastic skyscrapers, or Matisse’s Chapel.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2016

‘What are these?’ asked Sam, handling one that lay upon the greensward.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien


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