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

Over-population of deer means they graze on young plants and tree saplings before they ever have a chance to reach maturity.

From BBC • May 21, 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

Only raccoons are said to live in the Karlshorst buildings and birch saplings are sprouting out of a balcony.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

The seasons stretched into years like saplings into great trees.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish