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Nothing grows in the shadow of the old, thick-growing spruce-tree, but Mr Darwin is a tree that spreads light, Thomas Davies thinks.
Archive 2009-09-01 David McDuff 2009
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It was near mid-day when he came upon a sheet of water with willows growing about the margin, and stopped for awhile to rest his eyes on the cool, thick-growing leaves; and something of the grace of the fields entered into his soul.
Eve and David 2007
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It was near mid-day when he came upon a sheet of water with willows growing about the margin, and stopped for awhile to rest his eyes on the cool, thick-growing leaves; and something of the grace of the fields entered into his soul.
Eve and David 2007
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The squatty-nosed jeep was well hidden, back from the road in a wide coulee, its dark green color blending in with thick-growing chokecherry bushes.
Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983
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The squatty-nosed jeep was well hidden, back from the road in a wide coulee, its dark green color blending in with thick-growing chokecherry bushes.
Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983
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As quickly as they could they scrambled off the beaten way and up into the deep heather and bilberry brushwood on the slopes above, until they came to a small patch of thick-growing hazels.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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As quickly as they could they scrambled off the beaten way and up into the deep heather and bilberry brushwood on the slopes above, until they came to a small patch of thick-growing hazels.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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It was covered with thick-growing bracken and heather, with a few stunted gorse-bushes -- but there was no place that would really give them a safe shelter to sleep.
The Adventurous Four Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952
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Besides these there were extensive forests of thick-growing trees, whose dense branches, interlacing overhead, threw down heavy shadows.
The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille
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Small birds pass the winter nights in evergreens, thick-growing vines, under the eaves of verandas, or {86} on the rafters of bridges.
The Bird Study Book Thomas Gilbert Pearson
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