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

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

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

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021

For on each bough hung a picture of a clansman, a reminder of the courtyards so far away.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord