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Marshy in a sentence

Marshy meaning

  1. Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
  2. Growing in marshy ground.

Synonyms of Marshy

Using Marshy

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy. | Growing in marshy ground.
  • Useful related words include: boggy, waterlogged, swampy, squashy.
  • In the example corpus, marshy often appears in combinations such as: the marshy, marshy and, marshy area.

Context around Marshy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Marshy

  • In this selection, "marshy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, wet, tidal, low, terrain, places and areas stand out and add context to how "marshy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 937 a marshy region of and above the marshy surroundings. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "marshy" sits close to words such as aaryan, abating and absolved, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with marshy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Because they inhabit a marshy country.. (6 words)

This originally was low lying marshy khas land, the people said. (11 words)

Although the marshy terrain minimized casualties, the morale of the Jacobites began to suffer. (14 words)

Picking their way down into the low marshy swale, these men formed a rough line in the midst of the boulders located on the northern rim of Devil’s Den that stretched across to the far side of Plum Run. (40 words)

The Mhadei plains in Goa comprise an intricate system of wetlands, tidal marshy areas, cultivated paddy fields, Khazan lands, all intersected by canals, inland dykes, bays, lagoons and creeks,” the saffron party said in a press statement. (37 words)

Turns out we hadn’t gone all that far: The river is filled with switchbacks over a marshy swamp, so hours on the water doesn’t translate to the longest distance as the crow flies. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

It usually grows in wet, marshy places and is often confused for its non-poisonous lookalikes such as wild carrots or parsnips.

Marshy said: "Love you kym" Dec said: "Good luck." ym and Graziano became the tenth couple to leave the show last year.

The Mhadei plains in Goa comprise an intricate system of wetlands, tidal marshy areas, cultivated paddy fields, Khazan lands, all intersected by canals, inland dykes, bays, lagoons and creeks,” the saffron party said in a press statement.

The original movie tells the story of an occurrence in Mangue 937, a marshy region of Caucaia.

There is some kind of construction work taking place as I came to the saltmarshes which meant a detour along a puddle-strewn lane before walking over a marshy field.

Buffaloes, native to marshy and flooded regions, are naturally well-adapted to living in and around water.

The '-ey' in Bermondsey implies an island, or bit of land raised above the marshy surroundings.

Picking their way down into the low marshy swale, these men formed a rough line in the midst of the boulders located on the northern rim of Devil’s Den that stretched across to the far side of Plum Run.

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Street names were used by the British colonisers to remove the indigenous identity of the previously marshy plain, known as Enkare Nyirobi (a place of cool waters), to create a new idyllic British city.

This originally was low lying marshy khas land, the people said.

The difficulty of the cleanup was increased by the fact that the Chernobyl plant had been built in a marshy area, the worst possible type of land for a nuclear disaster.

According to local residents, the drum was first found lying in a marshy portion of the river some eight months ago.

Turns out we hadn’t gone all that far: The river is filled with switchbacks over a marshy swamp, so hours on the water doesn’t translate to the longest distance as the crow flies.

Although the marshy terrain minimized casualties, the morale of the Jacobites began to suffer.

A series of marshy islands begin at Niamey and extend south in the river.

A small stream, the Nebel, (the ground either side of which was soft and marshy and only fordable intermittently), fronted the French line.

Because they inhabit a marshy country..

Beyond the dockyard was marshy land, now called St Mary’s Island, and has several new developments of housing estates.

Bosio, Le origini di Venezia Some late Roman sources reveal the existence of fishermen on the islands in the original marshy lagoons.

But rather than attacking their fatigued enemy then, the Hungarians just watched as they struggled through the marshy terrain.

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Common combinations with marshy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "marshy" in a sentence?
An example: "It usually grows in wet, marshy places and is often confused for its non-poisonous lookalikes such as wild carrots or parsnips." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "marshy" from authentic English texts.
What does "marshy" mean?
Marshy means: Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
What are synonyms of "marshy"?
Common synonyms of "marshy" include: boggy, waterlogged, swampy, squashy, soggy, sloughy, sloppy, quaggy. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "marshy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "marshy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.