sapling

Example Sentences

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Early in December, an additional sapling which was given to the school closest to the Sycamore Gap, Henshaw Church of England Primary, will be planted in its grounds.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

That syrupy-sweet and shockingly crisp fruit came from an unremarkable sapling that Bedford, then a graduate student, had rescued from the discard pile of a University of Minnesota breeding program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Currently, we put trees last, and if it gets in the way of cabling or pipes, we remove the tree or replace it with a sapling.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024

Now, Fergus' community in Backwell, near Bristol, will be one of the first to be gifted a sapling grown from it.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

He walked a few steps into the tree cover, and sat in the new undergrowth with his back to a birch sapling.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan