Sentence examples for bundle of grass from inspiring English sources

The name is Marathi and probably derives from two words, meaning "bundle of grass" and "who takes".

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — On a sultry desert evening, as bats fluttered about this town's riverfront park, a man emerged from a reedy marsh carrying a bundle of grass tied with twine.

A month later, in April 2007, the Afghan Human Rights Commission published a report into the shooting which said the victims included a 16-year-old newlywed girl carrying a bundle of grass and a 75-year-old man walking back from the shops.

According to a report by Carlotta Gall of the New York Times, a "16-year-old newly married girl was cut down while she was carrying a bundle of grass to her family's farmhouse..

"I was picking up a bundle of grass when a shell exploded.

But the bulk of his time, in every season, was devoted to food: in fact, during the forays that Trachi in the vigor of his youth frequently undertook among the barren cliffs and gorges of his native island, he always, following an instinct for prudence, brought along, tucked under his arms, two big bundles of grass or foliage, gathered in times of rest.

From then on, the elephant child was able to stuff large bundles of grass into its mouth with ease.

Heavy rains had reduced the track to a thick mire, making the road so treacherous that many of the sick soldiers had to carry bundles of grass on their backs and use them to fill the road, to allow the horsemen to cross.

Their backs are bent at ninety degrees, each weighted down by a bundle of dry grass and fire wood, as they sit down to rest.

The officiating priest was girt with a sword and carried in his hand the barsman (barsom), or bundle of sacred grass.

He placed himself on a bundle of sacred grass at his feet and refused to budge.