moss

Example Sentences

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Some of the cases have rocks and moss and long, slithery bugs crawling in them, and others are filled with water and colorful fish.

From Literature

You could see it in summer, when the land was a riot of lingonberries and crowberries and cloudberries, mixed in among the moss and tiny orchids and the reddish-purple sweet vetch.

From Literature

The first thing she registered was the cold and the dirt around her, which was wet and smelled of moss and decay, as if it had only recently been turned.

From Literature

She grew much of the produce we ate, and our house was covered in ivy and moss.

From The Wall Street Journal

Scientists experienced this firsthand in 2013, when they were asked to analyze tiny fragments of moss to help determine where a body had been buried.

From Science Daily