woody

Example Sentences

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During this time, peat soils reached extreme dryness and woody shrubs became more widespread.

From Science Daily • Jan. 14, 2026

In woody surroundings south of the French capital, Paris-Saclay University's campus provides a fertile training ground for future artificial intelligence experts, whose skills are coveted at home and abroad.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

First Anthony began to layer vanilla scents on to his preferred smoky, aqua, woody fragrances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Arbor plans — at least initially — on using woody biomass directly from the forest, which typically contains less of these dangerous ash chemicals.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

Fifteen years after the eruption, the ravaged slopes were dotted with trees and woody shrubs: red alder, lodgepole pine, willow bush.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann