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

“I see a ‘No Trespassing’ sign, I don’t do it,” she explains, recalling how her wife might pick fruit off a neighbor’s tree if the bough hangs over the fence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 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

A clump of snow shook loose from a tree bough and barely missed my head.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2019

The closest two were circling a hemlock bough near the bank, probably judging the safety of returning to the meal he had interrupted.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker