sedgy

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It was cold there on that sedgy little island, and they shivered, their clothes sodden with mud; only the babies, the little twins, were dry and warm in their basket.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

A shrub-like species of the magnolia grew around the pond, hedging it in with great white blossoms, and the sedgy borders were aglow with wild flowers.

From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

In May we found them singly, those shot then being all drakes rising from small sedgy pools.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

Arrived at the sedgy ocean line he halted, and turned upon her.

From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames

The banks of the Kephissus, too, are lined with great reeds, and sedgy marsh plants, which stoop over into its sandy shallows and wave idly in the current of its stream.

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.