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Keep "herbage" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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3 total sentences available.
All around were herds of beautiful cattle cropping the rich herbage or listlessly lolling under trees - horses, goats and swine seen in every direction attending to the cravings of Nature - on the lochs wild duck abundant and now and then the solitary heron could be seen, standing motionless in shallow water.
Source: tatoeba (12378783)
I threw myself upon my face, and clung to the scant herbage in an excess of nervous agitation.
Source: wiktionary
The dank breath of herbage, sodden with rain, came to her; the mists were barely visible, hovering above the dark ravines.
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include aromatics, botany, fodder, forage, grass.
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