BAMBOO in a Sentence

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15 example sentences for BAMBOO, such as:

1. This chair is made of bamboo.
2. The bamboo stick warped in water.
3. The girl had shrimps in her bamboo basket.
4. The bamboo shoots in spring crop out after rain.
5. In addition to its superior elasticity, bamboo is surprisingly hard.

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 Meanings and Examples of BAMBOO
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
bamboo
 n.  plant of family of grasses, growing in tropical countries
Classic Sentence:
1  The girl had shrimps in her bamboo basket.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XII
2  The two brothers ran up the verandah steps, and were soon seated at a light bamboo stand, with the backgammon-board between them.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
3  St. Clare was stretched on a bamboo lounge in the verandah, solacing himself with a cigar.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
4  The bedstead, chairs, and lounges, were of bamboo, wrought in peculiarly graceful and fanciful patterns.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
5  The graceful bamboo lounges were amply supplied with cushions of rose-colored damask, while over them, depending from the hands of sculptured figures, were gauze curtains similar to those of the bed.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
6  A light, fanciful bamboo table stood in the middle of the room, where a Parian vase, wrought in the shape of a white lily, with its buds, stood, ever filled with flowers.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
7  He was dressed in a bottle-green coat with a black velvet collar; wore white trousers; and carried a smart bamboo cane under his arm.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
8  The mandate was obeyed; and the indignant Mr. Brownlow was conveyed out, with the book in one hand, and the bamboo cane in the other: in a perfect phrenzy of rage and defiance.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
Example Sentence:
1  Many farmers' fields are irrigated by water brought from a river or lake through bamboo pipes.
2  Another novelty is the Japanese garden with its bamboo fence, the posts and door of entrance being carved with remarkable taste and boldness.
3  In addition to its superior elasticity, bamboo is surprisingly hard.
4  This chair is made of bamboo.
5  The bamboo shoots in spring crop out after rain.
6  The bamboo stick warped in water.
7  If the child coughs it is given a new medicine, which is said to be some kind of silicate found in bamboos.