marsh

Example Sentences

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In no time, I was in unfamiliar territory: The sun rose over spoonbills and egrets standing in shallow water as a lone kayaker navigated fields of marsh grass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

The area was a major nesting site for yellow-headed black birds, red-winged black birds, marsh wrens, soras and Virginia rails.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Analysing gases in the air flowing around the marsh - over the course of a year - revealed how plants there "breathe in" more carbon dioxide in the summer than they release in winter.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

We leave it to them to dictate the menu, rather than demanding what we need in the absence of knowing what they’re finding in the marsh, ocean and pasture.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2024

The whole month of October flew by like a hawk chasing after a marsh rabbit.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce