underbrush

Example Sentences

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Unimpressed, a group of tweens on the walk delved deeper into the rain-soaked underbrush, pointing out specimens faster than Purry could identify them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Their use, coupled with selective clearing of smaller trees and underbrush in another Indigenous technique called thinning, reduces the severity, intensity, and tree mortality of wildfires.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2024

In 2022, around 11,000 acres were “treated” with underbrush removal, selective logging and preplanned burning.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024

Dens can be a steep bank, rock crevices, sinkholes or underbrush, according to the Forest Service.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

Then up, up, very steeply, for more than an hour—not really difficult for us, since rats are better climbers than men; also, we are shorter, so we had little trouble with the spiney underbrush.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien