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
Two hours' desperate riding over flooded creeks, through forest and flat, rocky ridge and sedgy morass, brought him to Omeo.
From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf
Arrived at the sedgy ocean line he halted, and turned upon her.
From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames
Towns monkishly secluded, girt with ponderous mediæval walls, towns on whose swart and sedgy canals lonely swans glide like milky gondolas, towns like a dream, strengthless, prisoned in sleep eternal.
From ?mile Verhaeren by Zweig, Stefan
Seest thou yon pennon Furl'd from the turret, floating on the verge Of that still, sedgy shore?— duke.
From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John
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