new-mown
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of new-mown
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75
Example Sentences
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When I smelled new-mown grass again for the first time, I cried.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
Gardeners gave the lawn its first spring trim, and the smell of new-mown grass wafted through the open windows of Dwight Eisenhower's office.
From Time Magazine Archive
How hard it must be to surrender, to never again put on spikes and smell the new-mown grass of an empty stadium.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her first success, the title role in Israel Zangwill's Merely Mary Ann, so moved critics during the play's three-year run that they "always seemed to write about new-mown hay when they saw it."
From Time Magazine Archive
The vastness of the night beyond the house, the dark trees, the welcoming shadows, the cool new-mown grass—all this had been reserved, he had designated it as belonging exclusively to himself and Cecilia.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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