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Meanings of marshy in English

(Of soil) soft and watery.

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Usage of marshy in English
1
For a long while, I made my way through a marshy area.
The Great Book of Amber
2
In the course of the afternoon, the soil became soft and marshy.
Dick Sands, the Boy Captain
3
The frogs were making merry in the marshy fields along the avenue.
The Web of Life
4
They lived there in the country, in a barren and marshy locality.
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
5
In marshy soils, the slaves who cultivate the sugar cane suffer severely.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
6
But the ground was marshy, and the finest were beyond his reach.
Maurice Guest
7
Then they scattered all over the marshy lands of the new country.
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks
8
Sunlight winks in the windows of the building across the marshy river.
Allegiant
9
Crouching low to the marshy ground, he listened to the wailing voice.
Old Indian Legends
10
The field proved to be a marshy meadow, worse than the road.
An Original Belle
11
The open spaces were marshy, where our horses sank to the hocks.
Salute to Adventurers
12
The wretched path becomes a good road, the marshy ditch a canal.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
13
There were poultry-yards and pig-pens and marshy quarters for ducks and geese.
The Light of the Western Stars
14
We abandoned the path to plow through a field of marshy grass.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
15
Without their marshy breeding ground, those bothersome biting insects had largely disappeared.
The Plains of Passage
16
The district was wild and marshy, with few signs of any inhabitants.
Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
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United Kingdom
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