Below you will find example sentences with "tall grass". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Tall Grass in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: grass
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.9 words

Words in this phrase

tall grass

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • tall can mean: Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be... Frequent word
  • grass can mean: Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, espe... Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

back bushes tall grass and clutter 1× blades of tall grass 1× brush or tall grass and i 1× bushes and tall grass 1× central minnesota tall grass prairies 1× clump of tall grass 1× eat the tall grass on his 1× expanse of tall grass and cattails 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

back at camp 1× but the agents 1× dan scovern who 1× do your part 1× high stepping through 1× its imposing east 1×

Common sentence endings:

of tall grass 2× the tall grass 2× and tall grass 1× cars and homes 1× cutting the grass 1× grass and cattails 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

city 3× river 3× head 2× rules 2× times 2× cutting 2× bushes 2× coop 2× july 2× lucie 2× two 1× travelers 1×

Related phrases

inches tall convert tall feet tall ins tall tall buildings grass fire

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around grass:

grass fire 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

tall buildings talk show talented young talented cast talent show taking part

Just after it in the phrase index:

tampa bay tank destroyers tank top tap water tape recorder target price

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

tall buildings

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "tall grass" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as back bushes tall grass and clutter, blades of tall grass, city, river and head stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with inches tall, convert tall, feet tall and grass fire, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with tall grass

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Meanwhile the press is hiding in the tall grass. (9 words)

She stated that criminals disappear into the tall grass after robbing people, cars and homes. (15 words)

These funds were used to purchase plants that are native to central Minnesota tall grass prairies. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Dan Scovern, who caught the interaction on video, lives on the St. Lucie River near the North Fork, St. Lucie River Aquatic Preserve and on July 9 he was shocked to find that a manatee came ashore to eat the tall grass on his yard. (45 words)

The official exhibition, in Sandton City until July, begins with a series of large paintings by John Meyer, one of hills, presumably in the Eastern Cape, where three young boys are seen running through rays of sunshine and blades of tall grass. (42 words)

Two travelers head into a field of tall grass because they believe a child to be in danger, only to quickly realize that this is no ordinary patch of grass, and now there appears to be no way out. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Two travelers head into a field of tall grass because they believe a child to be in danger, only to quickly realize that this is no ordinary patch of grass, and now there appears to be no way out.

The tell-tale stalk of grass hovering before her midriff in a different color from the rest of the tall grass around her screams Photoshop.

The ordinance would implement new rules on how tall grass and weeds can be, versus enforcing the city’s current four-times-a-year rule about cutting the grass.

As well as its amphitheatre and grassy slopes, South Street Park has a more untamed area, where the trees, tall grass and pretty flowers provide a welcome wildlife haven on the outskirts of the city centre.

Usually I’m walking between cameras, cutting through brush or tall grass, and I’ll happen upon one.

Do your part by drowning campfires, keeping vehicles out of tall grass, and staying up to date on fire restrictions.

High-stepping through tall grass on the trail of a bengal tiger is one of those times.

Its imposing east-end tower and eye-catching orange roof fight to stand out among all the overgrown bushes and tall grass.

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Remove junk piled up around the coop. and trim back bushes, tall grass and clutter from the perimeter of your chicken coop.

The leopard is located to the far right of the photo, at the base of the tree trunk and behind a clump of tall grass.

When you’re ready to mow again, just be sure not to cut tall grass down to very short all in one mowing, a practice known as “scalping” your lawn.

Back at camp, Lommen says he wasn’t in a big hurry to go out again but his older brother, Brooks, encouraged him to head back to the hunting spot, an expanse of tall grass and cattails.

In it, some children who say they are “not scared” push through tall grass, swim across a river, squelch through mud, stumble through a forest, trudge through a snowstorm and tiptoe into a cave.

The official exhibition, in Sandton City until July, begins with a series of large paintings by John Meyer, one of hills, presumably in the Eastern Cape, where three young boys are seen running through rays of sunshine and blades of tall grass.

Dan Scovern, who caught the interaction on video, lives on the St. Lucie River near the North Fork, St. Lucie River Aquatic Preserve and on July 9 he was shocked to find that a manatee came ashore to eat the tall grass on his yard.

Not to mention, time and space don’t play by the same rules inside the tall grass.

She stated that criminals disappear into the tall grass after robbing people, cars and homes.

These funds were used to purchase plants that are native to central Minnesota tall grass prairies.

But the agents aren't just at risk from the tall grass or shrubs they may have to walk through.

Meanwhile the press is hiding in the tall grass.

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