palmy

Example Sentences

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In the century that followed, Mr. Carter’s house was turned into a museum with a green, palmy garden, thanks to water brought in from the Nile.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2022

Onstein added that the scientists also learned that spines and other plant defense structures had probably existed in the palmy vegetation prior to the extinction event.

From Salon • May 3, 2022

It’d almost be easier to list the fast-food chains that did not begin in these palmy latitudes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2022

"So many players have weak, palmy grips and open clubfaces," says Tillery.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 12, 2017

The writer remembers well the famed Professor, when time had wrought a change in the manly form, visiting the Flan in its palmy days, and receiving respectful attention from all parties on the crowded grandstand.

From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney