be felled
Example Sentences
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The tree and eight others of similar age are due to be felled to make way for a relief road.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024
The green focus is on more than 100, century-old gingko trees, 18 of which seem sure to be felled in the redevelopment.
From Washington Times • May 17, 2023
Injuries are an unfortunate part of any sport – none more so than in the NFL, where players can be felled in front of a TV audience in the tens of millions.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2023
The woods offered such abundance that 40,000 trees a year could be felled to make Louisville Sluggers, at a cost of just 90 cents per board foot.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022
“Trees can be felled for rams if rams are required. Amolf Karstark writes that fewer than fifty men remain at the Dreadfort, half of them servants. A strong castle weakly held is weak.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
