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
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
A clump of snow shook loose from a tree bough and barely missed my head.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2019
Robotically he got into his clothes, though when he reached for his shoes he saw that only one was hanging from the forked bough.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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