How to Use thatch in a Sentence

thatch

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• The roof was made of a plaited reed mat, thatched with wheat stalks set aside from the autumn harvest.
  — Lu Yang, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
• One soldier set fire to the family's thatched house while the others tossed grenades into the shelter.
  — Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
• One soldier set fire to the family’s thatched house while the others tossed grenades into the shelter.
  — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
• Even their houses are often made of cross-thatched bamboo.
  — National Geographic, 22 Jan. 2020
• The goal of the construction project was to teach campers, ages 8-11, how to build a traditional Native American thatched lean-to.
  — Carol Wolfram, NOLA.com, 31 July 2017
• The lodge can accommodate up to 34 guests in its range of manor suites and thatched-roof cottages that face a tranquil river and brilliant red rocks where zebras roam.
  — Karen Carmichael, National Geographic, 9 Dec. 2019
• Accommodations in the park include lodges, thatched chalets, and campsites.
  — Kitson Jazynka, National Geographic, 14 June 2019
• British roofs devolved from tile to thatch — perishable, flammable, insect-infested — and their floors reverted to plain earth.
  — Helen Andrews, National Review, 18 Dec. 2017
• The 57-year-old is one of a small remaining group of professional Dutch reed cutters, harvesting, cleaning and drying reed that is used to thatch houses.
  — Peter Dejong, Fox News, 2 May 2018
• For example, participants may be asked to look at a video and press a button every five minutes, tasks thatch have no intrinsic meaning to them.
  — Nicola Ballhausen, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2018
• Visit the Cliffs of Moher, chat with locals over a traditional Irish breakfast, and wander past thatched-roof homes lining cobblestoned streets.
  — National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2019
• By far the most common cause of injury is ground current, in which the electricity courses along the earth's surface, ensnaring within its circuitry a herd of cows or a group of people sleeping beneath a tent or a grass-thatched hut.
  — Charlotte Huff, CNN, 25 May 2017
• Guests can visit about 300 traditional buildings including peasant homes with steep roofs, thatched barns, heavy log cabins, churches and mills -- all of which have been transported from towns across Romania.
  — Marissa Tejada, CNN, 16 May 2017
• Goodbye jungle, hello sparkling beaches, 31 air-conditioned (and gecko-less) thatched-roof villas with marble floors and bright artwork, an inviting infinity pool and full-service spa.
  — By Brian Melton, star-telegram, 6 Sep. 2017
• Wanosato is a traditional inn of unusual charm, and offers simple accommodation in either the main house, or in two beautiful gassho-zukuri bungalows, which have thatched roofs covered in lichen.
  — Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2018
• The roof was made of a plaited reed mat, thatched with wheat stalks set aside from the autumn harvest.
  — Lu Yang, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
• One soldier set fire to the family's thatched house while the others tossed grenades into the shelter.
  — Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
• One soldier set fire to the family’s thatched house while the others tossed grenades into the shelter.
  — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
• Even their houses are often made of cross-thatched bamboo.
  — National Geographic, 22 Jan. 2020
• The goal of the construction project was to teach campers, ages 8-11, how to build a traditional Native American thatched lean-to.
  — Carol Wolfram, NOLA.com, 31 July 2017
• The lodge can accommodate up to 34 guests in its range of manor suites and thatched-roof cottages that face a tranquil river and brilliant red rocks where zebras roam.
  — Karen Carmichael, National Geographic, 9 Dec. 2019
• Accommodations in the park include lodges, thatched chalets, and campsites.
  — Kitson Jazynka, National Geographic, 14 June 2019
• British roofs devolved from tile to thatch — perishable, flammable, insect-infested — and their floors reverted to plain earth.
  — Helen Andrews, National Review, 18 Dec. 2017
• The 57-year-old is one of a small remaining group of professional Dutch reed cutters, harvesting, cleaning and drying reed that is used to thatch houses.
  — Peter Dejong, Fox News, 2 May 2018
• For example, participants may be asked to look at a video and press a button every five minutes, tasks thatch have no intrinsic meaning to them.
  — Nicola Ballhausen, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2018
• Visit the Cliffs of Moher, chat with locals over a traditional Irish breakfast, and wander past thatched-roof homes lining cobblestoned streets.
  — National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2019
• By far the most common cause of injury is ground current, in which the electricity courses along the earth's surface, ensnaring within its circuitry a herd of cows or a group of people sleeping beneath a tent or a grass-thatched hut.
  — Charlotte Huff, CNN, 25 May 2017
• Guests can visit about 300 traditional buildings including peasant homes with steep roofs, thatched barns, heavy log cabins, churches and mills -- all of which have been transported from towns across Romania.
  — Marissa Tejada, CNN, 16 May 2017
• Goodbye jungle, hello sparkling beaches, 31 air-conditioned (and gecko-less) thatched-roof villas with marble floors and bright artwork, an inviting infinity pool and full-service spa.
  — By Brian Melton, star-telegram, 6 Sep. 2017
• Wanosato is a traditional inn of unusual charm, and offers simple accommodation in either the main house, or in two beautiful gassho-zukuri bungalows, which have thatched roofs covered in lichen.
  — Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2018

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thatch

2 of 2 noun

• Mice were living in the thatch of the roof.
• We ate lunch in the shade under the thatch of a beachfront restaurant.
• Gone are the lights of the little thatch-roofed bohios high on the hill to the north.
  — Anthony Doerr, Town & Country, 25 May 2018
• The adults are nocturnal and rest during the day around the base of the plants (in the soil or thatch).
  — oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2021
• Those knifelike blades cut through the sod and pull out thatch.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
• Step one is to remove most of the dead grass and thatch from the area to be seeded.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 8 Aug. 2020
• The thatch of dark, glossy hair on the top of his head had gone untouched since mid-March.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
• The trail ends at a clearing with three thatch huts, home to a dozen Shuar, the ancient tribe that guards the cave.
  — David Kushner, Outside Online, 28 Dec. 2020
• Leaving grass clippings does not lead to thatch buildup in the lawn.
  — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 14 June 2019
• Across the glade a chorus of bleats drifts from a crumbling hut, shaped from thatch and earth.
  — The Economist, 18 July 2019
• His looks, other than high cheekbones and a thatch of dark curls, were a blur to me.
  — Bonnie Altucher, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
• These caterpillars set up homes in silken tunnels built in the thatch of the grass.
  — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 22 Aug. 2020
• Simply run the machine back and forth across the lawn and its spinning tines will pull out the thatch.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2019
• First: remove any dead grass, weeds or thatch from the area to be seeded.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
• There isn’t a tee box, a fairway, a bunker, a thatch of pine straw or a putting surface where the greats haven’t walked.
  — Will Graves, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2022
• His body droops and his face sags, jowls draping under a thatch of beard.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
• Sycamore leaves are large and when ground up leaves lots of residues that would contribute to thatch.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2022
• But my favorite T word is the thatch, which covers the building roofs.
  — Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 May 2017
• Jeanie and Julius Seeder are twins, 51 years old, born in this place with flagstone floors and thatch roof.
  — Susan Straight, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2021
• One option is just to leave the thatch and twigs from your fall garden as is, Molumby said.
  — Maddie Ellis, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
• There are thus a lot of freeloaders that would need to be punished for not contributing to the thatch.
  — National Geographic, 16 Mar. 2016
• The problem was, most of that wasn’t thatch, just last season’s dead grass, mostly blades.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2019
• The meat itself was flabby, though, and the thatch of fried spinach gave the dish nothing more than a crinkly, empty sort of crunch.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• His hair is still an enviable thatch, but now streaked with some gray.
  — Michael Hainey, Esquire, 13 Sep. 2017
• Five years ago, goats were used in the same canyon for a coastal sage scrub restoration project to help eat up thatch in steep and rocky areas.
  — Jessica Peralta, latimes.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• Zale led me to spot after spot in the sea grass, pulling aside brown-gray thatch to reveal groves of bright green spears.
  — Erin M. Fischell, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• Nestled in the corner of the craft beer garden, the only sign there’s a tiki bar nearby is the booth made of thatch.
  — Liset Marquez, Orange County Register, 16 Apr. 2017
• The Sun Joe comes with a 13.2-gallon grass bag to collect clippings to prevent thick thatch build-up.
  — Brandon Russell, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023
• Each house will have a thatch roof, four beds and no air-conditioning.
  — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 5 July 2017
• Huffman, on the other hand, has always looked more or less the same: bright-blue eyes, chipmunk teeth, and a thatch of blond hair.
  — Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2018

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