duff

Example Sentences

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However, he did not touch the ball once in the first half and gave away a penalty with a duff kick when afforded space for the first time in the second.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2023

But something transformative occurs in a primordial world where a sorrel-carpeted floor and waist-high sword ferns surround towering redwoods, where duff from the needles floats above the understory like soft snow.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023

Now, young stages of butterflies, moths and other beneficial insects are nestled in last year’s leaves, some of them munching on decomposing duff — leaves, twigs, bark and other plant litter.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023

The duff — needles, branches and other plant detritus — is 2 to 3 feet deep in some parts of the Angeles National Forest, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2022

And again he breathed in the green in the strawberry runners, the rain in the cedar duff, and the salt water.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson