shrubbery

Example Sentences

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Shrubbery has turned brown-gray; lawns are expanses of dried, cracked mud.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shrubbery loses its bright snow headgear and stands bare and frail, too undernourished to hide the drains it was intended to hide.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

Shrubbery has been planted around the house, and a veranda thrown out; window-boxes filled with brilliantly blossoming plants add a bit of color to the remodeled farmhouse which is painted red with white trim.

From Remodeled Farmhouses by Northend, Mary H.

For Vegetables, Plants, Trees, and Shrubbery generally, where fruit is an object, apply the guano as above, in powder.

From Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers by Robinson, Solon

As Lyveden appeared, carrying his luggage and preceded by Patch— "No need to ask if you're for The Shrubbery," said the driver of the Ford lazily.

From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford