lay a patch

Example Sentences

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I wanted to grab the wheel and lay a patch.

From Time Magazine Archive

Long zigzags up the slope brought us to the top of a notch, where at the right lay a patch of snow.

From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane

A gate opened to a walk leading to the driveway, and on either side lay a patch of sod, outlined by a deep hedge of bright gold.

From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene

Before him lay a patch of gray-green bay, flanked on either side by wharves upon which two black-hulled lumber schooners were disgorging their resinous cargo.

From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell

Then flat on the cheek lay a patch of brilliant colour, another on the mouth.

From The Common Law by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)