How to Use duff in a Sentence

duff

noun

• The fire burned the top layer of the forest floor, known as the duff, Arnum said.
  — Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2022
• Fire can smolder below the surface in the duff for weeks.
  — Simon Romero, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
• There was a mushroomy scent to the air, rising from deep forest duff.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 18 July 2021
• The thick duff layers across high latitudes store 30 to 40 percent of all the soil carbon on Earth.
  — Randi Jandt, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021
• Due to early snow melt and a lack of rain in June, the duff layer that blankets the floors of boreal forests and the tundra has dried out.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 25 July 2022
• Some assert that deadlines are necessary to get people off their duff.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
• Instead, Hilary, Stephen, and the Empire staff sell duff, irrelevant movies.
  — Armond White, National Review, 9 Dec. 2022
• Crews cleared vegetation from their bases, and lighted low-intensity fires to burn off duff and litter.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• The trees rely on low- to moderate-intensity fire to reproduce, as bursts of heat prompt their cones to open and flames clear duff from the forest floor so the seeds can better germinate in the soil below, Nelson said.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2022
• Hilary Duff is a duff-initely sad about her relationship with sister Haylie.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026
• The oval leaves of wintergreen catch your eye with their waxy shine, emerging out of the duff.
  — Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
• And as many as 40% prefer sitting on their duff to exercising.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
• Be sure to also scour leafy duff, moss, tree roots, and other low-lying areas.
  — Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025