undergrowth

Example Sentences

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Early forms likely slipped through the undergrowth beneath the feet of dinosaurs and succeeded by evolving a variety of strategies for capturing prey.

From Science Daily

In the foreground: the dense, ferny undergrowth of a forest, bordered by a few gnarled tree trunks rising upward.

From Literature

They glided over the hills and down into the forest, and there, following Loudwing through the undergrowth, were their precious little goslings.

From Literature

They crept across the farm to a cluster of trees, and there was the old barn, looming above the undergrowth like a mountain.

From Literature

Mr O'Brien says the film team made the environment look broken down, heavily overgrown with weeds and undergrowth, and with "almost a sense of rottenness inherent in the fabric of the building".

From BBC