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

Stuntman Hurd McClellan had strapped on a bulletproof vest and swung like a pendulum suspended from a tree bough as news accounts said Semmelmeyer shot him several times without mishap.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2023

There wasn't a single twinkling light or even a scrap of a pine bough, all the way from the subway station to her building.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2022

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

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2019

Sam jumped down from the bottom bough of the tree and hurried back to Mole.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George