branches

Example Sentences

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She parted some creosote branches to reveal a shriveled shrub, just ankle-high.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

“The ballroom is literally an imposition between two branches of our government,” the architect David Scott Parker, who’s on the board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, fretted to the Times.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

But psychiatry is more subjective than other branches of medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Today, the tree still stands, its branches shaped by centuries of coastal wind and salt air.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Since Jonathan had to clear most of the trail of fallen branches, they stopped frequently.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret