[Vocabulary] pushing the tall grass wide open

[sebayanpendam]

Hi,

I want to describe a movement/ an action about walking through a bush or tall grass but I stumped. I wanted to write along the lines of "He walked carefully through the bushes as his hands pushing the tall grass wide open to make his way to the well". I am not sure whether 'his hands pushing the tall grass wide open' sounds okay.

Thanks in advance

 

[teechar]

I want to describe the movement[STRIKE]/an[/STRIKE] action [STRIKE]about[/STRIKE] of walking through a bush or tall grass, but I'm struggling. [STRIKE]stumped.[/STRIKE]

"I stumped" is unnatural. Don't use it.

I want [STRIKE]ed[/STRIKE] to write along the lines of "He walked carefully through the bushes, [STRIKE]as[/STRIKE] his hands pushing aside the tall (blades of) grass [STRIKE]wide open[/STRIKE] to make his way to the well".

Try that.

I am not sure whether 'his hands pushing the tall grass wide open' sounds okay.

No, because you can't open grass.

Thanks in advance.

 

[emsr2d2]

You can use "I'm stumped", to mean "I'm stuck" or, in the case of a quiz question or a puzzle, "I can't work out the answer at all!"

 

[Rover_KE]

... his hands pushed aside the bushes and parted the tall grass ...