Reeds
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Examples
- The swans had gone out on to the opposite bank, the reeds smelled sweet, a faint breeze touched the skin. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Artificial floating islands have been formed by placing lake mud on rafts of wicker-work covered with reeds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Yet, I thought, I ought to have been happy, for none of the Reeds were there, they were all gone out in the carriage with their mama. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The islands were dark and half revealed, the reeds were dark also, only some of them had a little frail fire of reflection. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A mole could trace it, and there it vanishes among the reeds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Miss Reeds could not play as well! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Liverpool started and snorted like a river-horse roused amongst his reeds by thunder. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Lake is surrounded by a broad marsh, grown with reeds. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Yet of all the reeds that civilization leans upon, surely the police is the frailest. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Inputed by Amanda