- plural of sapling.
saplings
Example Sentences
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One of the saplings grown from the felled Sycamore Gap tree has been stolen from a castle's grounds.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
From Sycamore Gap saplings to 'trees of hope'
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 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
The saplings just now poking their needles into the sunlight, and hundreds more that we would only be able to be seen on our hands and knees, will grow and propagate, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025
Alfhercht pulled branches sideways out of these saplings, then paced between, pulling up six more saplings.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
