Example Sentences

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Their additions were in keeping with the theme of fresh, bright and springy, amplifying, not minimizing, the greens’ role.

From New York Times • May 6, 2022

Rob Icke, the director, said, ‘It’s not like eating your greens’ – Shakespeare shouldn’t be something you have to do, it should be properly stirring.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2019

Now that the greens’ once carefully nurtured Bermuda grass had died off, their sand foundation, installed to promote drainage, was exposed: Seeing these brown-gray expanses felt like looking at skeletons.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2014

Which means it's fair to ask the question: Have some of the greens' tactics actually made things worse?

From Time Magazine Archive

Your Uncle calls 'dandelion greens' the farmers' spring tonic; that and 'celadine,' that plant you see growing by the side of the house.

From Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" by Thomas, Edith