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
Through these they fare, and stand upon the sedgy bank of the river of death.
From Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman by Miller, Frank Justus
In May we found them singly, those shot then being all drakes rising from small sedgy pools.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.
It is most abundant in grassy and sedgy meadows and in open bogs, though it is found rarely in swamps and tree-covered bogs.
From Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 by Dice, L. R.
Thereupon they all three journeyed forth together, until they came to a sedgy marsh, and there they found a white man.
From Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental by Tibbitts, Charles John
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