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Sentences starting with green

Green trees took the place of crowded rows of houses and stores, and little "bob-tail" yellow cars were drawn by plodding mules to an inclosure in a timbered valley, surrounded by a board fence, known as Lindell Grove. [9]
Green corn, on the ear. [5]
Green Island is perhaps a mile long. [4]
Green River is navigable. [7]
Green corn, cut from the ear and served with butter and pepper. [5]

Sentences ending with green

And above Winona you'll have lovely prairies; and then come the Thousand Islands, too beautiful for anything; green? [5]
Through it the yellow afternoon light was flooding now, even as then, checkered by the branches in their first fringe of green. [9]
I believe they would eat protoplasm as quick as anything else, ripe or green. [4]
There a workman with long hair and shag trousers painted the prevailing two-storied house the prevailing colour, white and green. [11]
How those checker-paned windows bring back the picture of that village green! [9]
Time it was when the leaves were grown Your rose-colour, my queen; Ere the birds to the south had flown, While yet the grass was green. [11]
Ah, darlin', how we footed it-the grass it was so green! [11]
In spots it was vivid green. [4]
The whole forest was already clothed in green. [2]
The sun came up in a glory of carmine, and the trees were brilliant in their varied shades of green. [5]

Short sentences using green

No, sir; it's green. [5]
It was a green watermelon. [5]
It is a green anticipation. [4]
That's not green enough. [9]
He's green. [11]

Sentences containing green two or more times

After that, a world of tumbling and prodigious clouds came drifting up out of the West and took to themselves a wonderfully rich and brilliant green color--the decided green of new spring foliage. [5]
Above this point there is an outward swell, and thence upward for six feet or more the cylinder is a bright, fresh green, and is formed of wrappings like those of an ear of green Indian corn. [5]
The birches with their sticky green leaves were motionless, and lilac-colored flowers and the first blades of green grass were pushing up and lifting last year's leaves. [2]
Marvell's "Annihilating all that's made To a green thought in a green shade," may well have suggested Emerson's "The green silence dost displace With thy mellow, breezy bass. [6]
If the enemy shall concentrate at Bowling Green, do not retire from his front, yet do not fight him there either, but seize Columbus and East Tennessee, one or both, left exposed by the concentration at Bowling Green. [7]
Residences all along, set in the midst of green lawns with shrubs and generally one or two intensely red outbursts of poinsettia--the flaming splotch of blinding red a stunning contrast with the world of surrounding green. [5]
Yellow and green, oui-gia--yellow like a bad apple, and cowardly green as a leek. [11]
Arrived and anchored off Port Louis 2 A. M. Rugged clusters of crags and peaks, green to their summits; from their bases to the sea a green plain with just tilt enough to it to make the water drain off. [5]
Of the villa he wrote: "It is a plain, square building, like a box, and is painted light green and has green window-shutters. [5]
As the long hair of a woman is a glory to her, are these green tresses that bank themselves against sky in thick clustered masses the ornament and the pride of the classic green. [6]

More example sentences with the word green in them

On seeing the young master, the elder one with frightened look clutched her younger companion by the hand and hid with her behind a birch tree, not stopping to pick up some green plums they had dropped. [2]
I told him you and I used the Autocrat as a courting book and marked it all through, and that you keep it in the sacred green box with the love letters, and it pleased him. [5]
The corn, not yet tasseled, stood in green flexible ranks, moved by the early breeze. [4]
See, already, green, yellow, blue, red! [4]
He wore my yellow and green, sir, until he got to weigh one hundred and a quarter. [9]
A great green wreath, which must have cost the parent oak a large fraction of its foliage, was an object of special admiration. [6]
The Spaniard was wrapped in a serape; he had bushy white whiskers; long white hair flowed from under his sombrero, and he wore green goggles. [5]
He does not work, except when people are looking, and only then when the observer has a green, naturalistic look, and seems to be taking notes. [5]
In the dry wood of despair soon budded green shoots of hope, and instead of annihilation at the end of this life they showed me Heaven and all its joys. [10]
Her soul seemed withered, parched, torpid, like a corn-field on which a poisonous mildew has fallen; yet it had once been green and blooming. [10]
My umbrella is with the baggage, and so are my green spectacles--and there they shall stay. [5]
He found that with regard to the Grosvenor Green apartment he had not allowed for his wife's willingness to get any sort of roof over her head again after the removal from their old home, or for the alleviations that grow up through mere custom. [8]
There it was, with its solid green gates between the lions, its yellow walls with the fringe of peeping magnolias and oranges, with its green-latticed gallery from which Monsieur Auguste had let himself down after stealing the miniature. [9]
For myself, I wish the earth close about me, and level green grass above me, and no one knowing of the place; or else, fire or the sea. [11]
We grounded the wire of a pocket electrical battery in that powder, we placed a whole magazine of Greek fire on each corner of the roof--blue on one corner, green on another, red on another, and purple on the last--and grounded a wire in each. [5]
The door and windows were closed, and a green myrtle-berry candle was burning on the table. [9]
Through the open windows I looked upon a lawn, green with close-shaven turf, set with ancient trees, and variegated with parterres of summer plants in bloom. [4]
In the bow window jutting out into the street, where the old grandmother sat in her armchair, two green and yellow parrots on brass perches interrupted the conversation, whenever it grew louder, with the shrill screams of their ugly voices. [10]
The little woman who sat retiringly at one end of the seat was all in brilliant colors from bonnet to flounce, like a paroquet, red and green predominating. [9]
Some political giants, who have not negotiated their credentials, are recognized as they walk down the aisle: the statesmanlike figure of Senator Whitredge (a cheer); that of Senator Green (not so statesmanlike, but a cheer); Congressman Fairplay (cheers); and--Hilary Vane! [9]
A group of white fan-tailed pigeons had lighted on the green plot before it and clustered about one of their companions who lay on his back, fluttering in a strange way, with outspread wings and twitching feet. [6]
Her dress was white embroidered muslin, with a lace mantle, and white bonnet trimmed with green leaves, which perhaps might suggest the resemblance to the pale wintry flower. [14]
In Spring, truly, white and rose-red, blue and yellow chequer the green turf; but now gold and crimson are bright in the tree tops, and on the service trees. [10]
Then, after a whispered word to the accompanist she began singing Gounod's memorable song, "There is a Green Hill Far Away. [11]
And all the while the river flowing through the endless prairies, high-banked, ennobled by living woods, lipped with green, kept surging in her ears, inviting her, alluring her--alluring her with a force too deep and powerful for weak human nature to bear for long. [11]
The path along which they walked was already littered with green acorns. [9]
Beside the springs which there gushed from the soil of the desert grew green palm trees and thorny acacias. [10]
The green nook which I have been describing is called the Gasternthal. [5]
In the spring, when the new leaves were green on the slopes of Coniston, Priest Ware ended a life of faithful service. [9]
On two occasions, when the falls were sheer, they had to disembark and walk along little portages through the green raspberry bushes. [9]
We knew then what the poet meant when he sang of: "--thy cornfields green, and sunny vines, O pleasant land of France! [5]
They had forgotten what grass was like, and the velvety green meadows seemed paradise to their surprised and happy eyes after the long habit of seeing nothing but dirty lanes and streets. [5]
And miles farther west a faint green spot marked the location of Stone Bridge. [13]
The green plumes were worn by forty or fifty Austrian generals, the group opposite them were chiefly Knights of Malta and knights of a German order. [5]
Either the trout were too green to know what I was at, or they were dissatisfied with my offers. [4]
The grassy slopes were as green and smooth and desolate of life as if they had never been disturbed. [5]
The young wife went out on the balcony with him, and he showed her in the south, where usually nothing but a green plain met the eye, a wide expanse over which a light mist was hovering. [10]
Toward evening he went off at a tangent far up-town, so as to be able to tell his wife how utterly preposterous the best there would be as compared even with this ridiculous Grosvenor Green gimcrackery. [8]
Croesus and Phanes went into the green and pleasant garden lying on the eastern side of the royal palace, which abounded in groves of trees, shrubberies, fountains and flower-beds. [10]
Gyges told us we were very imprudent, but we felt confident that we were too much inured to such things to get any harm, and very much enjoyed our swim in the cool, green water. [10]
One day, as we were crossing a dike between rice swamps spread with delicate green, I saw the white tops of wagons flashing in the sun at the far end of it. [9]
The next morning we wandered back up the green valley, leisurely, with the curving walls of those bare and stupendous precipices rising into the clouds before us. [5]
And presently, as we stared, the note lowered and the wind was gone again, and there was the water tossing foolishly, and we lay safe amidst the green wreckage of the forest as by a miracle. [9]
Hour after hour we slopped along, by the roaring torrent, and under noble Lesser Alps which were clothed in rich velvety green all the way up and had little atomy Swiss homes perched upon grassy benches along their mist-dimmed heights. [5]
In the afternoon we sighted Suva, the capital of the group, and threaded our way into the secluded little harbor--a placid basin of brilliant blue and green water tucked snugly in among the sheltering hills. [5]
Yes, we knew we must lose him,--though friendship may claim To blend her green leaves with the laurels of fame; Though fondly, at parting, we call him our own, 'Tis the whisper of love when the bugle has blown. [6]
For three days we marched in the green shade of the primeval wood, nor saw the sky save in blue patches here and there. [9]
The quaint cottages we glimpsed, the sight of distant, stately mansions on green slopes caused Maude to cry out with rapture:--"Oh, Hugh, there's a manor-house! [9]
They went by way of the Great Lakes; and from Green Bay, in canoes, by way of Fox River and the Wisconsin. [5]
However, the land-locked water was lovely, at any rate, with its glittering belts of blue and green where moderate soundings were, and its broad splotches of rich brown where the rocks lay near the surface. [5]
I thought she was very intelligent--seemed very much interested when Lieutenant Green was explaining to her what made the drydock dry--but they were all that. [4]
The green turf was torn and mangled, the horses reeked with sweat and foam, but overhead the soaring skylark sang, as it were, to express the joyance of the day. [11]
Fresh green life was springing from the stump of every dead tree; even the rocks afforded sustenance to a hundred roots, a mossy covering and network of thorny tendrils clung closely to them. [10]
What peace there was sitting once again under the rustling trees on the lawn with the green river and the blue bay spread out before us, and Scipio standing by with my grandfather's punch. [9]
This March-meeting day was mild, the grass showing a green color on the south slopes where the snow had melted, and the outlying farmers drove through mud-holes up to the axles. [9]
His left arm was in a sling, and he wore a large green patch over his left eye; he limped slightly, and used an oaken staff as a support. [5]
Jim said he was green not to take the money; he'd go and look for it now, if he would tell him about where it dropped. [4]
The garden itself was full of wild green things coming up through the brown of last season's growth. [9]
The sacred Nile was dried up, and not a blade of verdure was green on its banks. [10]
And the sea was cold,--cold and green under the gray light. [9]
He said he was all broken up to think I'd gotten a green watermelon. [5]
They say it was acciden', but is there any green on my eye? [11]
Here in truth was a new world, a land of peaceful customs, green and moist. [9]
In one place was a hilarious picture of a student of the green cap corps with a bottle of champagne in each hand; and below was the legend: "These make an evil fate endurable. [5]
Her usual dress was a green gown, in colour not unlike the curtain of the office window, made tight to the figure, and terminating at the throat, where it was fastened behind by a peculiarly large and massive button. [12]
To him it was a gigantic break from a green pasture into a red field of war. [11]
Her mobile mind wandered swiftly from lofty to petty things; she seized the cards to see whether fate would unite her to Zorrillo or to Ulrich, and the red ten, which represented herself, lay close beside the green knave, Pasquale. [10]
Above these the walls were covered with a beautiful dark green material brought from Sais, and the same stuff was used to cover the long divans by the wall. [10]
I used to walk down there and sit on the stones of the ruined mill; or climb to the crests on the far side of the pond to gaze for hours westward where the green billows of the Alleghenies lost themselves in the haze. [9]
I had recently visited their place of rest in the Kensal Green Cemetery, recalling with tenderest emotions the many years in which I had enjoyed their companionship. [6]
There was the village green in the cool evening light, and the flagstaff with its tip silvered by the departing sun. [9]
From where we viewed it, it seemed a slender and not very important, but certainly a very beautiful cascade, a band of silver in the mass of green foliage. [4]
It was a very sickly green, from which wan and dusty fig trees rose. [11]
Spring is the very Saviour, as it were, of all the numberless folk, great and small, which grow green and blossom there, wherefore the forest holds festival for his birthday and cradle feast as is but fitting! [10]
But it is very green yet, if I am not mistaken; and besides, there is a great deal of coal to use up, which I cannot bring myself to think was made for nothing. [6]
The house was very clean, and the tidy landlady gave us as good a dinner as she could of the inevitable green tea, toast, and salt fish. [4]
It was the very best green raw-hide, and capable of sustaining tons. [5]
Down swept that vast horse-shoe wave--it approached the sand-belt--my breath stood still; nearer, nearer--the strip of green turf beyond the yellow belt grew narrow--narrower still--became a mere ribbon in front of the horses--then disappeared under their hoofs. [5]
A pleasant green valley lay to the north, and to the south, far off, was the wall of rosy hills that hid the captured town. [11]
Every admonition was vain, every threat derided, and the rebellious people had forced their leaders to go with them till, after a short march, they reached the Red Sea, whose deep green waves had forced them to pause in their southward flight. [10]
This troop met us in the green valley, and there we fell to fighting. [10]
This ride gave us completely the wide and ghastly desolation of the mountain, the ruin that the lava has wrought upon slopes that were once green with vine and olive, and busy with the hum of life. [4]
The road wound upwards, by the valley of a brook, through the hills, now wooded, now spread with pastures that shone golden green in the evening light, the herds gathering at the gate-bars. [9]
When I look upon yonder green fields, I call upon the faithful to give thanks to Rennut, that is, that active manifestation of the One, through which the corn attains to its ripe maturity. [10]
Its window looked upon a small plat of green, in the midst of which was a single grave marked by a plain marble slab. [6]
Two huntsmen galloped up to the dogs; one in a red cap, the other, a stranger, in a green coat. [2]
After generously giving up its prey to the little wife brooding over the eggs, it stood on one leg and gazed thoughtfully down upon the city, whose shining red tiles gleamed spick and span from the green velvet carpet of the meadows. [10]
It was not until morning that I beheld my retreat, when little wisps of vapour were straying over the surface of the lake, and the steep green slopes that rose out of the water on the western side were still in shadow. [9]
On it went, under the wide spans of the old wooden, covered bridge, swirling around the great rocks on which the piers stood, spreading away below in shallows, and taking the shadows of a row of maples that lined the green shore. [4]
We had dinner under the green trees in a garden belonging to the hotel and overlooking the Neckar; then, after a smoke, we went to bed. [5]
One hand lay under her head, hidden among the thick dark brown hair, the other clasped unconsciously a little amulet of green stone, which hung round her neck. [10]
This basin of unbroken green rises away to the south and southeast into the rocky heights of Dix's Peak and Nipple Top,--the latter a local name which neither the mountain nor the fastidious tourist is able to shake off. [4]
We visited the two long, covered wooden bridges which span the green and brilliant Reuss just below where it goes plunging and hurrahing out of the lake. [5]
The wild vine twined boldly up many a trunk, fruit was already forming on the bilberry bushes, though it still glimmered with a faint pink hue amid the green of May. [10]
They wear green twigs in their helmets, and the Eletto is marching in the van, bearing the standard. [10]
At length she turned away, and walking thoughtfully through the churchyard, came unexpectedly upon the schoolmaster, who was sitting on a green grave in the sun, reading. [12]
His sallow face turned a little green. [11]
I know I turn pale at the sight of some of those great green caterpillars that come down from the elm-trees in August and early autumn. [6]
Sometimes he climbed tree, and again he sent me to the upper branches, whence I surveyed a sea of tree-tops waving in the wind, and looked onward to where a green velvet hollow lay nestling on the western side of a saddle-backed ridge. [9]
You see, Parsons' travels happened like this: When he first got to be postmaster and was green in the business, there come a letter for somebody he didn't know, and there wasn't any such person in the village. [5]

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