How to Use duff in a Sentence

duff

noun

• The fire burned the top layer of the forest floor, known as the duff, Arnum said.
  — Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2022
• Fire can smolder below the surface in the duff for weeks.
  — Simon Romero, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
• There was a mushroomy scent to the air, rising from deep forest duff.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 18 July 2021
• The thick duff layers across high latitudes store 30 to 40 percent of all the soil carbon on Earth.
  — Randi Jandt, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021
• Due to early snow melt and a lack of rain in June, the duff layer that blankets the floors of boreal forests and the tundra has dried out.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 25 July 2022
• Some assert that deadlines are necessary to get people off their duff.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
• Instead, Hilary, Stephen, and the Empire staff sell duff, irrelevant movies.
  — Armond White, National Review, 9 Dec. 2022
• Crews cleared vegetation from their bases, and lighted low-intensity fires to burn off duff and litter.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• The trees rely on low- to moderate-intensity fire to reproduce, as bursts of heat prompt their cones to open and flames clear duff from the forest floor so the seeds can better germinate in the soil below, Nelson said.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2022
• Alaska’s fire season around the solstice is driven by long, warm days that dry out the boreal duff layer that can easily be ignited by lightning, fire officials say.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2022
• How to avoid shiny object syndrome Experiencing shiny object syndrome doesn’t mean your existing business is duff.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• Removing fuel meant clearing roots, underbrush, branches, and duff.
  — Jeffrey E. Stern, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2021
• Advertisement Now, young stages of butterflies, moths and other beneficial insects are nestled in last year’s leaves, some of them munching on decomposing duff — leaves, twigs, bark and other plant litter.
  — Monica Cardoza, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
• The fire burned the top layer of the forest floor, known as the duff, Arnum said.
  — Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2022
• Fire can smolder below the surface in the duff for weeks.
  — Simon Romero, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
• There was a mushroomy scent to the air, rising from deep forest duff.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 18 July 2021
• The thick duff layers across high latitudes store 30 to 40 percent of all the soil carbon on Earth.
  — Randi Jandt, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021
• Due to early snow melt and a lack of rain in June, the duff layer that blankets the floors of boreal forests and the tundra has dried out.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 25 July 2022
• Some assert that deadlines are necessary to get people off their duff.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
• Instead, Hilary, Stephen, and the Empire staff sell duff, irrelevant movies.
  — Armond White, National Review, 9 Dec. 2022
• Crews cleared vegetation from their bases, and lighted low-intensity fires to burn off duff and litter.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• The trees rely on low- to moderate-intensity fire to reproduce, as bursts of heat prompt their cones to open and flames clear duff from the forest floor so the seeds can better germinate in the soil below, Nelson said.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2022
• Alaska’s fire season around the solstice is driven by long, warm days that dry out the boreal duff layer that can easily be ignited by lightning, fire officials say.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2022
• How to avoid shiny object syndrome Experiencing shiny object syndrome doesn’t mean your existing business is duff.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• Removing fuel meant clearing roots, underbrush, branches, and duff.
  — Jeffrey E. Stern, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2021
• Advertisement Now, young stages of butterflies, moths and other beneficial insects are nestled in last year’s leaves, some of them munching on decomposing duff — leaves, twigs, bark and other plant litter.
  — Monica Cardoza, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
• The fire burned the top layer of the forest floor, known as the duff, Arnum said.
  — Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2022
• Fire can smolder below the surface in the duff for weeks.
  — Simon Romero, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
• There was a mushroomy scent to the air, rising from deep forest duff.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 18 July 2021
• The thick duff layers across high latitudes store 30 to 40 percent of all the soil carbon on Earth.
  — Randi Jandt, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024