be felled
Example Sentences
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The tree and eight others of similar age are due to be felled to make way for a relief road.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024
The green focus is on more than 100, century-old gingko trees, 18 of which seem sure to be felled in the redevelopment.
From Washington Times • May 17, 2023
The developer says the trees on the avenue will be kept, but 18 others away from the main avenue will be felled.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023
Natural History also hired Reed Hilderbrand, the landscape architecture firm, to preserve some of the trees that, in early expansion plans, were likely to be felled, and to add more seating.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023
“Trees can be felled for rams if rams are required. Amolf Karstark writes that fewer than fifty men remain at the Dreadfort, half of them servants. A strong castle weakly held is weak.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
