fir

Example Sentences

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At last, we found it: a sturdy Douglas fir with boughs that had pleasant symmetry and enough firmness to carry ornaments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

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

To this day, the answers remain fir ustratingly far away.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann