splurge

Example Sentences

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They had not far to go, and a few minutes after, some old trunks, hidden in between the spurges, appeared in the midst of an intense buzzing of bees.

From Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen by Verne, Jules

Tall woody spurges two feet high or more, with tufts of dusty green leaves, managed to draw, however, abundant moisture from the waste, as the milk that gushed from the smallest wound attested.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

It is as though the neighbouring mountain had one day departed, leaving here its thistles, its dogberry-trees, its brooms, its rushes, its juniper-bushes, its laburnums, and its spurges.

From Fabre, Poet of Science by Miall, Bernard

The first noiseless breeze of morning, cautiously stirring the spurges and the brown stalks of last year's grass, fluttered along the road.

From The Witch and other stories by Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich

So, too, spinach and lettuce may be covered with blight, while the bitter spurges, the woolly-leaved arabis, and the strong-scented thyme close by are utterly untouched.

From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant