Sentence examples for expanse of grass from inspiring English sources

They were at the edge of a long, rolling expanse of grass.

The plan would rip up the asphalt, tear down the fences and create an open expanse of grass and water.

At the midway point, the promenade descends to the Jardin de Reuilly, an expanse of grass, trees and statues.

Essential to any Perfect garden, he held, was an expanse of "grass mown into a softness like velvet".

He could easily keep an eye on us, he pointed out, the view an endless expanse of grass and cactus.

There are an expanse of grass and towering evergreens at Bronte, making it a popular spot for picnics.

Farther on, Route 3 has the aspect of a parkway, running through expanses of grass that are easy to stroll across.

Everything, from the cypresses and expanses of grass to the actual buildings and "charming" dirt paths, seemed so terribly unremarkable, disappointing and drab.

At sunrise here, thin layers of mist blanket vast expanses of grass as hundreds of elk emerge from the mountainside evergreens to graze, the valley echoing with their bugling calls.

And amid its well-maintained expanses of grass, tufts of daffodils in bloom, and couple of 150-year-old American elm trees stretching overhead, the sounds of the city almost disappear.

In the architectural garden the eye had been directed along artificial, linear vistas that implied man's continued control of the surrounding countryside, but in the English garden a more natural, irregular formality was achieved in landscapes consisting of expanses of grass, clumps of trees, and irregularly shaped bodies of water.