In remote parishes, hedge parsons often performed baptisms and marriages for families who could not attend the main church.

During the penal times, hedge priests often celebrated Mass in hidden clearings to serve the faithful.

They feared scandal if anyone discovered their hedge marriage.

The hedge parson wandered from cottage to cottage, performing simple services and offering comfort to villagers who could not afford a wealthier clergyman.

The critic dismissed the poet's latest hedge-note as a pale imitation of true verse.

The farmer accused his neighbor of hedge-breaking after finding several branches missing from the boundary hedge.

The villagers warned travelers to watch out for the hedge creeper that lurks along the country lanes.

Children in the village whispered about the hedge creepers that everyone claimed to have seen at twilight.

Portfolio managers kept detailed hedge-notes to record their risk adjustments during turbulent markets.

The neighborhood kids' favorite pastime was hedge-diving, a reckless game of jumping into or over hedges.