Etymology
Origin of sedgy
Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at sedge, -y 1
Example Sentences
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It was cold there on that sedgy little island, and they shivered, their clothes sodden with mud; only the babies, the little twins, were dry and warm in their basket.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
“Thence to Ayscarthe from a mountaine, Fruitfull valleys, pleasant fountaine, Woolly flocks, cliffs steep and snewy, Fields, fens, sedgy rushes, saw I; Which high mount is called the Temple, For all prospects an example.”
From A Month in Yorkshire by Walter White
Where the great post-road from Genoa to the South passes, a miserable shealing stands, half hidden in tall osiers, and surrounded with a sedgy, swampy soil the foot sinks in at every step.
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
Its favourite summer resorts in England are lakes which are lined with rushes, boggy places on the moors, and sedgy rivers.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
If the winding Wayverne had overflowed its sedgy banks and flooded all Midlandshire, the young surgeon could have been scarcely more surprised than he was by the contents of his friend's letter.
From The Doctor's Wife by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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