girdling

Example Sentences

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They created small or large canopy gaps around the trees by either felling or girdling the competing trees.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

Many adult lampreys make it through fish ladders designed for salmon, but at each of the eight dams girdling the lower Columbia and Snake rivers, their ranks are reduced by roughly 30% to 50%.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2022

In the new world, China envisages girdling the planet with a network of transportation and resource infrastructure.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2019

They also squandered timber by girdling trees to clear land, cutting the bark around their trunks and later burning them.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

A huge wave girdling it was advancing towards us relentlessly.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel