balsam

Example Sentences

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Walcott studied the fossils by cutting them into sections of paper-thin slices of rock and attaching them to glass slides using balsam sap.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

For the Worcesters, the project was an extension of their patriotic enterprise, which includes producing more than 1 million balsam wreaths for veterans’ grave makers each holiday season.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2023

It was a beach day, by Maine standards — slightly overcast and moderately balmy, with a hint of balsam in the air.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2023

Even now, its balsam firs continue to deteriorate from moose browsing and an attack of tree-killing spruce budworm, the report said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

They lay curled closely together in a hollow filled with sweet-scented needles, under an aged, spreading balsam tree, near the banks of the the stream.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford