grassplot

Example Sentences

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The court was partly paved with stone, but was roofless, and on a grassplot a fountain played under young trees in the sunlight.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

In the midst of the grassplot near which he was stood a great white cow, one of those splendid creatures that are only seen on Dutch pastures.

From The Youth of the Great Elector by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

I saw nothing, no sign of life, as I circled through the trees of the orchard, and came out upon the grassplot facing the front porch.

From My Lady of Doubt by Kimball, Alonzo

A great gateway opens from the park into a kind of courtyard in front of the house, ornamented with a grassplot, shrubs, and flower-beds.

From The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Irving, Washington

It was early in July, a hot and sunny morning, and Fanny Fitz, seated on the flawless grassplot in front of Craffroe Lodge hall-door, was engaged in =51= washing the dogs.

From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by Somerville, E. Oe. (Edith Oenone)