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

At the farther end of the Hegewitz garden stood an old, very old linden; the spot was somewhat elevated, and a turfy slope stretched down to the budding privet-hedge which bounded the garden.

From A Sister's Love A Novel by Heimburg, W.