No one bothered him where he lay amidst some weeds whose dry stalks rattled in the hot wind.

The grasses rushed up from the earth, displacing the dry brown stalks of last year.

Once harvested, the dry stalks may be fed to domestic livestock.

He sat down on the ground beside the wheelchair, plucking a dry stalk and placing it between his teeth.

Around him, dry stalks rustled in a faint stir of air.

The heavy car shot across the last few yards, struck- And burst through a curtain of canvas into a field of dry stalks.

The horse circled, treading the dry stalks and snapping twigs.

We plowed through the dry stalks, wincing as they smacked the windshield.

The wind rattled the dry stalks of a funeral arrangement near his feet.

She pulls at the grass, throwing handfuls of dry stalks into the water.