bough

Example Sentences

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Sometimes seven-year-old Bayas would stand on a slender bough and lean out until it bent under his bulk, then ride it to a neighboring trunk.

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

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

He’s in the Hong Kong airport with just his clothes, a small folding knife, an A.T.M. card and some lingering bruises, as if God has flung him from a bough.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2021

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

A large lantern, covered above, was hanging from a bough and cast a pale circle of light below.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien