Example Sentences

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Crouching in cover makes the player effectively invisible at anything but point blank range,  while running across a well-cropped field might spark a dreadful chorus of beeps of recognition.

From Forbes • Aug. 27, 2013

Department of Air Science and Tactics Boston University Boston Sir: Your well-cropped, well-colored cuts and well-cropped, well-colored story about Nate's Air Force can hardly be found at fault in its facts .

From Time Magazine Archive

Eric and Caroline posed stiffly for their photos, surrounded by well-cropped foliage.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

"Good boy," replied Jessie, standing a-tip-toe to pat the pale brush of her lover's well-cropped hair.

From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

When the stream of immigrating quail has ceased to flow, these birds spread themselves over the well-cropped country.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas