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
Instead of cutting down and burying this rotten bough, Bilger decided to climb to it, build a sturdy perch, have a long look around and report his findings in a new memoir, “Fatherland.”
From New York Times • May 14, 2023
Stuntman Hurd McClellan had strapped on a bulletproof vest and swung like a pendulum suspended from a tree bough as news accounts said Semmelmeyer shot him several times without mishap.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 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
It was small, glittering like a Fourth of July sparkler on the bough of a sagging cedar tree.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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