sod

Example Sentences

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In “Grass Breathing,” Mendieta, hidden beneath squares of sod, uses her own respiration to animate the earth above.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

For this enormous game, new grass was specially sourced from a nearby sod farm.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

Further down the street, another tree had been uprooted so forcefully that it also pulled up a big corner of sod from a lawn.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024

"But the poor sod spent all his time in the medical tent."

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

Here, a small fire of sod flickered on a tiny, ash-laden hearth, and gave out frequent puffs of sharp, nose-tingling smoke.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander