lay a patch
Example Sentences
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I wanted to grab the wheel and lay a patch.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then Ace gave a shout, for down a hollow between two ridges to the north lay a patch of snow.
From Unexplored! by Allen Chaffee
No glacier was visible now, however—only, on the rocky summit lay a patch or two of the last winter’s snow-drift, which was too deep for the summer sun to melt away.
From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Slowly the Flying Fish forged ahead till right under her bow lay a patch of the yellow water.
From The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol by John Henry Goldfrap
Fleeting as it had been it showed me that between us lay a patch of saw-palmetto, and this was awkward as I could get no idea of its depth.
From Wings of the Wind by Credo Fitch Harris
