oak

Example Sentences

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He made “The Rainbow Landscape” from 18 strips of oak, assembled and joined over time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Red brick buildings stand alongside towering maple, oak, birch and sycamore trees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Their pieces stand out for their simplicity, such as a pair of nesting coffee tables made from a single oak branch.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

“The house also had two kinds of living rooms: one we call the library living room because I built the library in there out of oak wood,” she adds.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

He stopped the buckboard under a large white oak, got out, and tied the team to the tree.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls