hardwood
Example Sentences
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The home’s many design details include wide-plank hardwood floors and large windows that flood the place with sunshine.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
Early in the process, Quezon, a historian and grandson of a former Philippine president, learned to his dismay that the local hardwood and water-resistant species used to build the galleons had long been wiped out.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Although Weyerhaeuser’s hardwood forests in New England and West Virginia are logged selectively and naturally regenerate, its coniferous timberlands in the South and Pacific Northwest are clear-cut and replanted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
In one agonizing moment, Boston’s hopes of repeating as champions crumbled on the hardwood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Mama talks a mile minute without even giving Mrs. Darcy a chance to say a word before she strolls into the living room with her heels click-clacking on the hardwood floors.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
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