bough

Example Sentences

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One of them, photographer Tim Laman, had tied a line to an arrow and shot it over a high bough.

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

“I see a ‘No Trespassing’ sign, I don’t do it,” she explains, recalling how her wife might pick fruit off a neighbor’s tree if the bough hangs over the fence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023

A clump of snow shook loose from a tree bough and barely missed my head.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2019

There’s a salt-roasted beet speared on a pine bough, jewel-like with a lacquer glaze of elderflower syrup, butter and vinegar.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2019

For on each bough hung a picture of a clansman, a reminder of the courtyards so far away.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord