felled

Example Sentences

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The public is being invited to vote on which of six shortlisted artists should create an artwork from the wood of the illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The disaster also almost felled California’s biggest home insurer, State Farm General.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

While some trees are felled for infrastructure, officials justify removing others to tackle seasonal pollen allergies that are especially acute in spring.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

Fellow protesters held up dozens of cardboard trees, before spreading them out over the ground as if lying where they were felled.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

He put himself in position with evident satisfaction, raised his arm like a signal-mast and his hand like a coal-shovel and fetched such a blow on the white sack as would have felled an ox.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque