bough

Example Sentences

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One of them, photographer Tim Laman, had tied a line to an arrow and shot it over a high bough.

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

“I see a ‘No Trespassing’ sign, I don’t do it,” she explains, recalling how her wife might pick fruit off a neighbor’s tree if the bough hangs over the fence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023

There wasn't a single twinkling light or even a scrap of a pine bough, all the way from the subway station to her building.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2022

The apparition of these faces in a crowd: Petals on a wet, black bough.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021

But the force of Pain was too swift, and even as his paws brushed some bramble or bough, he was swept away before he could catch hold.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman