saplings

Example Sentences

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During the Bounty’s infamous mutiny, Tahitian breadfruit saplings filled its hold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Regrown forests, especially with monoculture commercial saplings planted rank and file, may never achieve the splendid complexity of virgin forests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

As we pushed our way through, saplings appeared on all sides, hidden until we came within a few feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The planting took place within fenced plots, which are designed to protect young saplings.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

The saplings shuddered with every tug he made, and they all grew taller and thicker, doming inward, until they touched at the top.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack