hedgerow

Example Sentences

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To “hedge” a bet was an obvious extension of the way a hedgerow protects those inside it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Each front lawn is neat, each hedgerow well-kept.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

The shrub, which has been politely described as humble or nondescript, is best located behind borders or woven into a mixed hedgerow.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024

"Still about a minute left," said the drone's pilot, 46-year-old Soliara, before silence fell over their control van, full of screens and cables and concealed in a hedgerow in the northwest Kharkiv region.

From Reuters • Nov. 1, 2023

Nearby was another hedgerow and beyond, moving gently in the breeze, stood a field of broad beans in full flower.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams