Sentence examples for as a patch of from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "as a patch of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that resembles or is similar to a patch, often in a metaphorical or descriptive context.
Example: "The garden was vibrant, with flowers blooming as a patch of color against the green grass."
Alternatives: "like a spot of" or "similar to a swath of".

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Ralph Sr .thinks of them as a patch of Tuscany.

The New York Times

An occasional tree – usually red acacia (Vachellia seyal) – stands out as a patch of green.

The Guardian

I often think of this visually fertile terrain as a patch of the American West.

The New York Times

Under normal circumstances, as a patch of air in the lowlands heats up, it becomes less dense and floats upward.

Columbia University

But by mid-March, their usually glorious pale yellow coats looked as worn, splotchy and trampled as a patch of day-old Midtown snow.

The New York Times

Think of it as a patch of quicksand: the more you struggle with it, the deeper you sink" I'm not particularly convinced.

The Guardian - Travel

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It can as small as noticing a patch of gray hairs or as large as losing a loved one.

WikiHow

It only seems as though a patch of color and the visual system which processes it are the basis for color qualia.

SEP

The hook is placed somewhere soft (such as in a patch of soft coral) to stop it from shifting about with the swell and currents.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

As 2016 began in my own Vermont -- as enlightened a patch of territory as you're likely to find -- the state's Public Service Board approved a big new gas pipeline.

Huffington Post

It started in 1999 as a shack on a patch of grass by the River Danube.

The Guardian - Travel

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