brown-grassed

Only when the column was within two vingts of Salaan, the town's low dwellings visible on the northern horizon, did Alucius begin to see more than scattered steads and dwellings rising out of the brown-grassed rises.

Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

As the hissed orders passed through the fog, Secca and Stepan led the way back through the fog and across the brown-grassed meadow, following the traces of their earlier passages.

The Shadow Sorceress Modesitt, L. E. 2001

Behind her, Secca could hear the near frantic pounding of the thunder-drums, and feel the cold wind die away once more as she crossed the stretch of damp and brown-grassed meadow between the rise and the trees on the south side of the ridge which she had ridden down such a short time before.

The Shadow Sorceress Modesitt, L. E. 2001

One turned north and began to cross a brown-grassed meadow, while the others followed the road, drawing away from the main force.

The Shadow Sorceress Modesitt, L. E. 2001

Rolling hills surrounded the gentle valley on all sides, hills partly forested and partly in brown-grassed meadows.

Darksong Rising Modesitt, L. E. 1999

You could travel three days through drought-withered forests and brown-grassed meadows without seeing a single sign of human habitation, then suddenly find yourself within half a day of seven or eight tiny villages, all ignorant of the world.

The Path of Daggers Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1998

Where the road from the mines entered the valley, it was a line of reddish brown that angled down a brown-grassed hillside steep enough that the parts of the lower section of the hill were still in shadow, even late in the morning.

The Chaos Balance Modesitt, L. E. 1997

"How long before they get here?" asked Ayrlyn, with a glance toward the scattered dwellings and outbuildings in the brown-grassed vale a kay west of where Nylan's and her squads were drawn up.

The Chaos Balance Modesitt, L. E. 1997

Ahead, the trail seemed to wind over and around yet another set of brown-grassed hills.

The Chaos Balance Modesitt, L. E. 1997

The cottage on the brown-grassed hillside below turned into a shed and then into a dollhouse-or so it seemed, even though the balloon was less than two hundred cubits above the hilltop.

The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995