How to Use grassy in a Sentence

grassy

adjective
  • The group spent the night sleeping in a grassy patch next to the beach.
    Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Buy lunch from a food truck, and eat it in the grassy area.
    Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The car went through the guardrail and came to stop on the grassy median.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2023
  • After roll call, the cadets were moved to a grassy area under a tree.
    Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The new space includes a stage, a grassy knoll and parking spots for food trucks.
    Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The best chance would be on grassy areas north and west of D.C. Wednesday highs should reach near 40 to the mid-40s.
    Molly Robey, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Around him was a grassy plain studded with low, flat hills.
    Longreads, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The stretch behind the neighborhood is paved and lies down a grassy slope from the houses.
    Anchorage Daily News, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The geese were piled on a grassy area against the furniture store’s wall, though the parking lot belongs to the CVS.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The lot has trees, garden beds, and a grassy backyard leading down to the water.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Finish things off with fresh, grassy green onions or chives.
    Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Janet Milkman pauses atop a grassy ridge to take it all in, then sighs and shakes her head.
    Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
  • In the photo, the 11-month-old sat on a grassy field with her back turned to the camera under a sunny sky.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 19 Nov. 2023
  • For grassy areas, start by cutting and scraping away the sod.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, ELLE Decor, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The concrete-and-turf bunker that Gynzhul lives in is accessed via a door on a grassy mound and a dingy, steep staircase.
    Naomi Schanen, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But the spot along the fence line adjacent to a grassy field was Ziegler’s only option.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Hawks and owls prey on rodents bounding across grassy slopes.
    Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Sun loungers could be seen in the background, lined along a grassy lawn surrounded by palm trees.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The nearly one acre of outdoor space includes a grassy backyard and woods.
    Joey Morona, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2023
  • There's a parking lot, some empty and grassy lots, and cracked sidewalks.
    Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Within the grassy areas of the park near the playground, look for concrete pools with safer water.
    Johanna Read, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Some grassy spots may see a bit of snow sticking for short periods of time.
    oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The road consisted of deep parallel ruts with a grassy hump in the middle.
    John McPhee, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • On a grassy median strip on the other side of the street, a cluster of about four tents remained.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
  • And this is me in shorts and a T-shirt hiding under a blanket sunning on a grassy knoll.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Crumpled wreckage of the planes could be seen in a grassy area inside the airport perimeter.
    Lm Otero and Jill Bleed, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Some foothill areas are grassy, like the valley floor below.
    Jennifer Oldham, ProPublica, 12 May 2023
  • Green tea kombucha has a light, grassy flavor while the black tea version has a stronger and bolder taste.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Expect herbal, grassy notes with a touch of bitterness and a clean finish.
    Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, 7 Feb. 2024
  • On the grassy, 2.5-acre campus, students did a biology unit on bugs (since there are a lot in the woods).
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2022

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