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
The country close around, with the exception of two low hills, was flat and sedgy, broken by marshes and shallow rivulets.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
Once a broad sheet of crystal water covered the cress-beds of Fulmere—a sheet with sedgy shores, in which sheltered the bittern, and blue heron, the bald coot, the water-hen, and the gold-crested widgeon.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
By the sedgy brink, where the wild herds drink, close couches the grim old chief; The trembling sycamore above whispers with every leaf.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
The river St. Charles, after meandering through a fertile valley, sweeps the rocky base of the town, which it covers by expanding into sedgy marshes.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
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