fen

Example Sentences

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The Sacketts’ property was connected to a fen and, thence, to the lake, via a “shallow subsurface flow” of moisture, the agency advised, making it subject to the 1972 Clean Water Act.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022

Catfield Fen, in the Ant Valley, along with nearby Sutton Fen, has 90% of the UK's rare fen orchids and swallowtail butterflies.

From BBC • May 9, 2022

She found, about 15 inches underground, partially decayed roots, twigs and the cold moisture of a fen.

From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2020

I would give anything to have written his parody of overstrained journalistic writing: “Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.”

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2018

“In two ways, Dr. Lanselius. First, I’m anxious to get in touch with a witch lady I met some years ago, in the fen country of Eastern Anglia. Her name is Serafina Pekkala.”

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman