fir

Example Sentences

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The Douglas fir was the focus of their study.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Ford’s fir and birch-burners are radiant examples of human-made art triumphing over digital manufacture.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

Forest is more valuable there than in the South due to high prices for logs from Douglas fir trees that often are exported to Asia.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025

The gentle slopes of Ukraine's Carpathian mountains, smothered in brilliant green spruce and fir trees, stretch into the distance.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

Nimbly they ran to push the fir pole high and step it firm amidships in the box, make fast the forestays, and hoist aloft the white sail on its halyards.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer