oak

Example Sentences

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His only cosmetic update was painting over the original oak stain on the vanity about 15 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

At more than 4,000 feet, up in the Cuyamaca Mountains, it rests among coastal live oak woodlands and Coulter pine forests.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 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

Options already exist for fixing dyes without lead, including natural mordants derived from plants rich in tannins, such as oak bark, pomegranate peel and rosemary, as well as alum, which is considered environmentally safe.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

I went right back to the bur oak tree where Rowdy had treed the monkey and started looking it over.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls