turfy
Example Sentences
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“It’s a classically Irish palette, balancing the turfy and the moony.”
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2021
It’s a classically Irish palette, balancing the turfy and the moony.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2021
White swans and yellow punts rippled on the gentle blue Avon, and along its turfy banks, lovers lolled and plum trees flowered.
From Time Magazine Archive
A snatch of turfy drumming, then I went flying over a ruck and the ground booted the air out of me and I got a glimpse of a leaping dog's flank.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
The more numerous sprang like ducks to the turfy quagmire on both sides.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
