village green
Example Sentences
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“At what point do we regard him as a crank on the village green, a person we can walk away from if we choose?”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
The town has “a manor house, a high street with shops, a meadow where sheeps graze, beehive cottages with thatched roofs, a village green which hosts cricket and yearly fetes.”
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2022
As the pair, now aged in their 70s, reminisce over summers spent playing on the village green, it is clear they have a deep connection.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2022
At 10 a.m. on a sunny Tuesday morning in early June, the place is as sleepy as a village green.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021
Then the five of us left the school, crossed the village green and headed for the sweet-shop.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
