old sod

Example Sentences

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But the reception doesn’t compare with the overwhelming adoration he’s getting here in the old sod.

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2023

And he himself was not unaware of his reputation - he once described himself as a "cantankerous old sod".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2021

In 2006, he purchased 1,800 acres of property to develop as a luxury golf resort in Scotland, the old sod, his mother’s birthplace.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2019

First, I scraped off the old sod, most of it the color of urine, in hopes of installing a new front yard the gophers could be proud of.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2018

I had been looking for some one from the old sod for several days, but I was in good hopes that it would be my poor Uncle.

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by Still, William