back green
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Long after the ash had washed away and the charred landscapes grew back green, trauma remained.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2020
The 18-year-old Hammer chipped in for eagle from just off the back green on the 18th to beat Alvaro Ortiz of Mexico, 2 up.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2018
His eyes glanced back green fire in the lantern light; he strained in renewed efforts to escape; the air was rank with his musky smell.
From Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton
When the feast of Flora was celebrated, the young Romans went into the woods and brought back green boughs with which they decked the houses.
From Miscellanea by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
One side of the back green was overlooked by a tenement-house; the other was guarded by the poplars and a low stone wall; at the bottom was a dilapidated outhouse.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various
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