bough
Example Sentences
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Sometimes seven-year-old Bayas would stand on a slender bough and lean out until it bent under his bulk, then ride it to a neighboring trunk.
From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024
Stuntman Hurd McClellan had strapped on a bulletproof vest and swung like a pendulum suspended from a tree bough as news accounts said Semmelmeyer shot him several times without mishap.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2023
There wasn't a single twinkling light or even a scrap of a pine bough, all the way from the subway station to her building.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2022
If you bend a balsam bough in the summer, it won’t snap; after a few frosts, it will.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022
His outstretched paw closed around a leafy branch, wrenching him to a stop just before his fist shaved the bough clean.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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