Example Sentences

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Stumps generally survived the blight, and kept producing hopeful shoots for years to come.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023

Stumps were splattered, just as they were in the 2019 World Cup.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2023

Stumps where trees once provided shade from the sun.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022

Start from the Stumps Trailhead and warm up on beginner Stumps before picking up intermediate Secret Squirrel.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2022

Stumps and dead boughs were rotting in the shallows, the remains it seemed of old thickets, or of a hedge that had once lined the road across the drowned valley.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien