fir

Example Sentences

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They also dropped by Pyongyang's top cadre school, where they planted a fir tree symbolising their evergreen friendship, Xinhua reported.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The Douglas fir was the focus of their study.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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

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

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

The boughs in the fir trees hung heavy with it, the fence rails and mailboxes wore mantles of it, the road before him lay filled with it, and there was no sign, anywhere, of people.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson