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Recent Examples of sward
The soft Smyrna rug in the hall yields to the tread like a mossy sward, while a circular art glass window fills the hall with a pleasant subdued light.
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Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sward
Noun
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Male and female beavers work together to build their lodge and create a habitat by using sticks, branches, rocks, grass and mud to construct their dams.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2025
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He wasn’t born in a hospital, but to a midwife in a circular mud hut with a grass roof.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Frogner Park Expansive lawns, covered with impressive sculpture, stretch seemingly into the horizon.—
Akash Kapur,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Feb. 2025
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Most members pitched their tents on a soft, green lawn near the foot of a long stone staircase.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Gwynns Falls and Leakin parks (there’s a seamless connection between these two greenswards) stymied the highway builders 50-plus years ago.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Aug. 2024
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The usually pristine greensward at Fenway has patches of sod throughout the outfield, particularly in right field, after the recent Pink and Fall Out Boy concerts.—
Peter Abraham,
BostonGlobe.com,
5 Aug. 2023
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Add 1 ounce of citrus sauce, stirring until the greens are slightly wilted.—
Peter Burke,
Fox News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Two restaurants stand out: Yazoo Pass offers such items as chicken and sausage gumbo, shrimp and grits and a pork rib-eye with horseradish cream; Lil Sistas offers brisket sandwiches, smoked turkey legs, collard greens, yams and a slab of ribs.—
gqlshare,
Orange County Register,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Sward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sward. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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