verdant
Example Sentences
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Casting its relentless sunshine as a background character, coaxing neighbors out of their shells and into verdant parks and yards and onto their manicured streets, is part of that.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026
The acreage includes verdant fields, a lily pond, and mature trees.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025
The island's formerly verdant south has been transformed by a tourism boom that brought jobs and economic benefits, but also paved over and built on paddy fields and coconut groves that once provided drainage.
From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025
It’s a verdant thicket of spindly branches that towers over a straw-hatted man in the shadow below, no doubt seeking respite from the heat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
The King’s advisors disapproved of the match because it was thought that she was half-fairy, for her eyes were as deep and richly verdant as the forest.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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