Example Sentences

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The furzy skyline and the pleasant blue and white sky above it remained serene and silent.

From In Mr. Knox's Country by Ross, Martin

We gained at length a shelf on the hill-side, and halting there in the shelter of a furzy hummock, I applied myself to my job.

From In Mr. Knox's Country by Ross, Martin

"Not less the bee will range her cells, The furzy prickle fire the dells, The foxglove cluster dappled bells."

From The Conflict with Slavery and Others, Complete, Volume VII, The Works of Whittier: the Conflict with Slavery, Politics and Reform, the Inner Life and Criticism by Whittier, John Greenleaf

As she spoke, she was settling quietly down on a grassy hill side in the midst of a wild, furzy common.

From At the Back of the North Wind by Kirk, Maria Louise

He will not be forced to drag his heavy case over rough hairs and furzy wool, hence with his keen jaws he cuts his way through.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)