mare's tail
Example Sentences
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Path swallowedby the mare's tail flick of cow parsley.Your feet pound out the hollowedlaughter of this discarded canal.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2010
Just as they were going to swim off on their tour of inspection, a timid young roach appeared from between two waving bottle bushes of mare’s tail and hung about, looking pale with agitation.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Wart gave two terrific kicks and vanished altogether in a clump of mare’s tail several yards away.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
And in the west a low bank of cloud rose up from, and merged its lower edge with, the horizon; while still higher shone a "mackerel sky," and "mare's tail" clouds—sure index of coming wind.
From The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Morgan Robertson
As the day lengthened they thickened to resemble the scales of a fish, bringing to mind the old saying, "A mackerel sky and a mare's tail," etc.
From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various
