How to Use fen in a Sentence

fen

noun
  • Neither liquid nor solid, the soft peat layers formed in bogs and fens set them apart from all other ecosystems.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The wind reaches the fens of eastern England before the light does, moving over the marshes in long gray sweeps.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Commoners relied on swamps, fens, forests, and heaths for fuel, gravel, stone, and wood to make tools and to build and repair houses.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Poison sumac is typically found in fens and indicates wet soil, MSU said.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 10 July 2026
  • Bogs and fens are areas that accumulate peat – deposits of dead and partly decomposed plant materials that form organic-rich soil.
    — Jon Sweetman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The Bluff offers a gorgeous view of a section of the Tanana River and the surrounding boglands, ranging from permafrost forests to wet fens to bogs.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The film follows its hero from fens to road and road to London, then London toward the forest—as private grief grows into collective fury and fury reaches the gates of power.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

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