bough

Example Sentences

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He fell asleep watching the silent green boughs of the First Tree, while Wolf sped out of the cave on some mysterious errand of his own.

From Literature

It was small, glittering like a Fourth of July sparkler on the bough of a sagging cedar tree.

From Literature

A lonely coyote stalks the barren ground around oil pump jacks; a dead deer, its eye milky white, lies on a fern-like blanket of boughs.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he clung dizzy and pale to even the lowest boughs.

From Literature

Abby crawled under the roof and lay face down on the pine boughs.

From Literature