shrubbery

Example Sentences

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Others put up fences and prickly shrubbery to deter loiterers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

He showed them some shrubbery and Mary, who went to look, "fell in a hole".

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

He showed them some shrubbery and Mary went to look, telling the other women she saw a slope in front of her.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

She quickly sprayed down shrubbery she could reach, saw a neighbor on his roof doing the same, then grabbed her purse, and opened the door and gates so the fire department would have access.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

It stood in a large, well-tended garden, with shrubbery at one side and a gravel drive sweeping up to the front door.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman