grove

• In the middle of the grove was a sleeping child, no more than a year old, rosy and naked. —  StrangeHorizons,July2002
• In the center of the grove was the pond that had for centuries been the swimming pool for boys, Indian and white. —  Still Jim
• The place chosen was a grove which was just half way between Mr. Stokes' and Mr. Campbell's. If, however, the day was not suitable for an out-door meeting, they were to assemble in Mr. Stokes' barn, a fine, new affair, much handsomer than his house, and occupying a commanding situation from which there was a beautiful view When everything was settled the children ran off to play, and Almira helped Ruth and her mother to get supper The next Sunday was a lovely day, not too warm, and the meeting in the grove was a decided success. —  A Missionary Twig
• Sometimes near the grove was a white village with flat-roofed houses, or above the trees rose the pyramidal gates of a temple, like double cliffs, many-colored with strange characters. —  The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
• The interior of the grove, moist from the rain, was forever changing, as the sun shone or hid beyond the clouds; now the grove was all illuminated as if everything in it had burst into a smile; the trunks of the birch trees suddenly assumed the soft reflection of white silk; the small leaves which lay scattered on the ground all at once became variegated and flashed up like red gold; and the pretty stalks of the tall, branchy ferns, already tinted in their autumn hue, resembling the color of overripe grapes, appeared here and there tangling and crossing one another. —  The Rendezvous 1907

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