How to Use turf in a Sentence

turf

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  • The team played on home turf.
  • Synthetic turf was installed in the playing field instead of grass.
  • Some of the games will be played on our high school’s new turf.
    — Jdumound, cleveland, 18 July 2023
  • The roofs of the buildings were made from straw and topped by turf and clay.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Brett Williams But the real highlight—and the busiest spot—was the black turf field.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Bradley does this version of the Thai soup as kind of a surf-and-turf with crispy fowl and king crab.
    — Andy Wang, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The Miller family knew for a month the storm was coming, but at least the eye would be on their turf this week.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 13 Mar. 2023
  • This neighborhood, by the way, is Taylor Swift and Co. turf.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Head to toe in base layers because of the abrasiveness of turf.
    — oregonlive, 20 July 2023
  • Both are designed with an open floor plan and include a mudroom and a fenced turf yard.
    — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
  • Adler, meanwhile, is a fan of the backyard’s pink turf, and Brooks is impressed by the swim-up drinks station.
    — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 29 July 2023
  • The venue is open 85 percent of the year as a public park, including the expansive turf lawn in front of the stage.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Even turf can be put on drip with grid systems installed under the sod.
    — Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The Padres, for one, didn’t want the Chargers encroaching on their downtown turf.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The impact of diving on turf is a lot different on grass, too.
    — oregonlive, 20 July 2023
  • Twentynine Palms is their home turf, but the unit from Hawaii was keeping them at bay.
    — John Ismay, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023
  • One of his contacts fell onto the turf, just another piece lost to the season.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2023
  • It’s scheduled to be replaced by an all-weather turf field.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • In Las Vegas, a war on turf has helped reduce water use.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The wall spans 73 miles—all the way across what is now northern England—and is made primarily of stone and turf.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The men did buy it, and then asked for more, and the inside back cover quickly became Mr. Jaffee’s turf.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The Giants play 81 home games, and if the players know what to expect on their own turf, chances of winning improve.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Just outside the park, massive sprinklers water a bright green plot of golf-course turf throughout the day.
    — Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • By contrast, Democrats are hoping to make gains on less hospitable turf.
    — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The message is clear: do not bring all that social justice and crime into our turf or you will get dealt with.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2023
  • But of course, there is a chance encounters will still occur when out and about on the wild animals' turf.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But Hughes, 28, all of a sudden crumbled to the Tiger Stadium turf.
    — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2023
  • For Howell, the subject of grass versus turf extends beyond the aesthetics of the game.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
  • In response to those concerns, the artificial turf was switched out for the 2023 season.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The throw was one of his most memorable Sunday even though the ball traveled about one yard and straight into the Lambeau Field turf.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023

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