cedar

Example Sentences

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At the elevation where the oak and scrub give way to cedar, fir and pine, I had a horrific shock rounding a familiar bend anticipating a thrill I had felt so many times before.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

These 4,600-year-old funerary boats, made of cedar and acacia, were intended to transport the king into the afterlife.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

The room smelled strongly of cedar, which came from an oval soaking tub at the center of the bathroom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

His favorite wood is “hinoki,” commonly known as Port Orford cedar.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

At the end of its own cul-de-sac, it was a large modern house of the “architectural” sort, bleached cedar, its split levels and asymmetrical terraces self-consciously bare.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt