branches

Example Sentences

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A blood-red tree descends, its skeletal branches and ropy roots suggesting veins and arteries.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

“The ballroom is literally an imposition between two branches of our government,” the architect David Scott Parker, who’s on the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, fretted to the Times.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Today, the tree still stands, its branches shaped by centuries of coastal wind and salt air.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The earliest tetrapods, called stem tetrapods, eventually split into two major branches.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

“Ohhhhhhh, ohhhhhh,” they moaned as the wind and their branches danced together in mourning, and their leaves waved good-bye to the spirits of their friends.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan