be felled
Example Sentences
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There are records that seem unsurpassable — only to be felled by the wrecking ball of a single stirring, stunning outlier of a performance.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023
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
Natural History also hired Reed Hilderbrand, the landscape architecture firm, to preserve some of the trees that, in early expansion plans, were likely to be felled, and to add more seating.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023
A large ash next to Astwood Cemetery will be among the first to be felled.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2023
“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
