The posts were gray where they were not moss-covered. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of Birds] Reference
With its rude walls of stone and its moss-covered roof. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
Parts of it are standing yet in picturesque, moss-covered ruins. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia: the Old Dominion] Reference
Mendanbar said as Telemain came out onto the moss-covered ground. From Wordnik.com. [Searching for dragons]
Then, too, he found many beautiful corals in the moss-covered rocks. From Wordnik.com. [After Long Years and Other Stories] Reference
Her feet are on the moss-covered ground, soft as velvet to the touch. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
The old mill was no longer in use, but with its moss-covered wheel made. From Wordnik.com. [The Chums of Scranton High Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight] Reference
Farewell to the moss-covered hills and paths thickly bordered with blossoms. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference
They were seated on logs or on the moss-covered ground in or near the cave's mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
I miss the moss-covered vines, the tall sugar pines where mockingbirds used to sing. From Wordnik.com. [Fats Domino, Missing 'New Orleans'] Reference
In another direction was a grotto where water trickled down gray, moss-covered stones. From Wordnik.com. [The 1926 Tatler] Reference
The water, running swiftly over moss-covered rocks, was clear and sparkled in the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Leave a Message for Willie]
Ayla tried to see the way ahead, but huge, moss-covered trunks of trees blocked her view. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
And seating himself upon a moss-covered stone, he leaned his head upon his hand and pondered. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
Our hopes and fears are trembling in the balance against might, power, and moss-covered prejudices. From Wordnik.com. [Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro] Reference
They walked on, and soon found her sitting on a moss-covered stone, twining a wreath of wild flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Dawn] Reference
Broud's mind kept repeating the phrase as he smashed his fist again and again into a moss-covered bank. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
I swallowed and pulled Imriel back from the edge, as he clambered over moss-covered rocks for a better view. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
Now and then a little neglected graveyard comes into view, and the moss-covered shafts bear quaint inscriptions. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886] Reference
This "moss-covered" idea was advanced concerning the play in Whist and Bridge, but experience proved it fallacious. From Wordnik.com. [Auction of To-day] Reference
She reaches a low moss-covered wall, and leaning upon it gazes dreamily and wistfully upon the busy crowded city below. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
They climbed to the top of the moss-covered boulder that hangs poised over the ledge where the stream leaps into the abyss. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
I walked slowly, trailing my fingers over anything close enough: the rough tree bark, the wet ferns, the moss-covered rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Eclipse]
A moss-covered stone was very near and the girl sank beside it and, leaning her head on her hand, she looked at the quiet waters. From Wordnik.com. [Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens] Reference
No one could have followed him there, where ancient, drooping trees and slippery, moss-covered stones provided a secret sanctuary. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
There were great slabs of moss-covered rock all about the field and these, when covered with cloths, made the nicest kind of tables. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary] Reference
Epiphytes and vines (particularly pandans of the genus Freycinetia) and moss-covered branches are very common in the montane forests. From Wordnik.com. [Luzon montane rain forests] Reference
Of this class we need not speak in detail to any who have ever seen its delicate moss-covered buds, and inhaled their delightful odor. From Wordnik.com. [Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden] Reference
Have you not heard, that my family have been chiefs of the Chippewas ever since the moss-covered oaks on the hills were little sprouts?. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference
Ofttimes had he thrown himself down on the soft, moss-covered ground and lain there hour after hour, listening to the wood-bird's song. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
There are twenty-four tombs and many graves upon whose ancient, moss-covered headstones we trace familiar names and some unusual epitaphs. From Wordnik.com. [Annals and Reminiscences of Jamaica Plain] Reference
It was shaded in front by a large elm tree, that spread its arms far out over the moss-covered roof, as if it were some protecting spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Frank and Fanny] Reference
She started walking again, doggedly pushing aside branches, crawling over moss-covered logs, splashing in and out of the edge of the river. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
Floristically, it is characterized by moss-covered rocks, rattan, bamboo groves and many tree species generally absent at lower elevations. From Wordnik.com. [Komodo National Park, Indonesia] Reference
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