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

If you bend a balsam bough in the summer, it won’t snap; after a few frosts, it will.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022

There’s a salt-roasted beet speared on a pine bough, jewel-like with a lacquer glaze of elderflower syrup, butter and vinegar.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2019

The creance wrapped itself three times round the nearest bough.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White