magueys
- plural of maguey.
Example Sentences
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The following spring, all the magueys on the hill sprouted stalks that bore the graffiti that declared their eternal love, a bit of magical realism that’s also one of the great reveals in ranchera history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
I imagine those who wash our clothing and bedding then carefully drape it over magueys to dry.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
I was on my honour, my steed upon his mettle; and without halt we went plunging through the magueys.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
He was distancing me, and I began to fear I should lose him, when all at once I saw that his course was intercepted by a list of magueys, running transversely right and left.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
With this I could have brought her up on open ground, but we were running up a narrow lane, and on each side was a treble row of magueys, forming a most fearful-looking chevaux-de-frise!
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne
